Neutral models fail to reproduce observed species-area and species-time relationships in Kansas grasslands

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1265-1272

  Adler, Peter B ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed grass prairie; Neutral theory; Shortgrass prairie; Simulation model; Species area relationship; Species time relationship

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 4444245963     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0602     Document Type: Article

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