The zero-sum assumption in neutral biodiversity theory

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 522-536

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Alonso, David ^b   McKane, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Biodiversity; Etienne sampling formula; Ewens sampling formula; Neutral model; Species abundances

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLELE; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 34548380889     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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