Concurrent niche and neutral processes in the competition-colonization model of species coexistence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1626, 2007, Pages 2739-2744

  Cadotte, Marc William ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition colonization trade off; Microcosm; Niche versus neutral dynamics; Spatial scale; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; NICHE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 35048837018     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0925     Document Type: Article

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