A general framework for neutral models of community dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1287-1297

  Allouche, Omri ^a   Kadmon, Ronen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Based model; History trade; Individual; Interspecific competition; Island biogeography; Life; Null models; Offs; Patch occupancy theory; Productivity diversity relationship; Species abundance distribution; Unified neutral theory of biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT LOSS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 70449382330     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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