Coexistence of the niche and neutral perspectives in community ecology

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1399-1410

  Leibold, Mathew A ^a   McPeek, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Ecological similarity; Equivalence; Neutral theory; Niche differentiation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOOD WEB; NICHE;

EID: 33746021304     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1399:COTNAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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