Dynamics of neutral biodiversity

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-98

  Vanpeteghem, Dimitri ^a   Zemb, Olivier ^a,b   Haegeman, Bart ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity dynamics; Microbial ecology; Neutral community model; Simpson diversity index

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NEUTRAL COMMUNITY MODELS; SIMPSON DIVERSITY INDEX;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 39749139408     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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