Biological invasions and the neutral theory

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-553

  Daleo, Pedro ^a   Alberti, Juan ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity patterns; Invasion ecology; Neutral theory; Niche concept; Relative species abundance; Species competition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIVERSITY INDEX; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 67149131810     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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