A niche for neutrality

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Adler, Peter B ^a   HilleRislambers, Janneke ^b   Levine, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Frequency dependence; Neutral theory; Niche; Plant community; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; FITNESS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 33846512955     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00996.x     Document Type: Review

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