Consequences of intraspecific variation for the structure and function of ecological communities. Part 1. Model development and predicted patterns of diversity

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 207, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 264-276

  Bown, James L ^a   Pachepsky, Elizaveta ^a,b   Eberst, Alistair ^a   Bausenwein, Ursula ^b   Millard, Peter ^b   Squire, Geoff R ^b   Crawford, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Biodiversity; Community dynamics; Community structure; Ecosystem dynamics; Individual based modelling; Interspecific variation; Intraspecific variation; Trait trade offs; Trait based modelling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATIONS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATIONS; TRAIT TRADE-OFFS; TRAIT-BASED MODELING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENOTYPE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA;

EID: 34548489444     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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