Species synchrony and its drivers: Neutral and nonneutral community dynamics in fluctuating environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Loreau, Michel ^a   De Mazancourt, Claire ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental variability; Interspecific competition; Neutral theory; Niche differentiation; Species synchrony; Stochastic population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTICITY; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49849101608     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589746     Document Type: Article

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