Integrating the effects of area, isolation, and habitat heterogeneity on species diversity: A unification of island biogeography and niche theory

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-454

  Kadmon, Ronen ^a   Allouche, Omri ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colonization extinction processes; Community dynamics; Demography; Neutral theory of biodiversity; Species diversity; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION EFFECT; LIMITING FACTOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34548183780     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519853     Document Type: Article

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