Relative contributions of neutral and niche-based processes to the structure of a desert grassland grasshopper community

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 791-800

  Rominger, Andrew J ^a   Miller, Tom E X ^b   Collins, Scott L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Neutrality; Niche differentiation

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; DISPERSAL; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; HOST PLANT; NICHE; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSHOPPERS; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE; PSOLOESSA; PSOLOESSA DELICATULA;

EID: 70349490284     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1420-z     Document Type: Article

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