Relaxing the zero-sum assumption in neutral biodiversity theory

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-294

  Haegeman, Bart ^a,b   Etienne, Rampal S ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance vector; Density dependence; Detailed balance; Neutral model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; INTEGRATION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 43049103002     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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