A neutral model of edge effects

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Babak, Petro ^a   He, Fangliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indices; Ecotone; Edge effect; Kolmogorov Fokker Planck equation; Neutral theory; Species abundance dynamics; Species extinction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOTONE; EDGE EFFECT; EXTINCTION; NUMERICAL METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58249135117     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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