Ecological equivalence: A realistic assumption for niche theory as a testable alternative to neutral theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Doncaster, C Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449380719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007460     Document Type: Article

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