A stochastic dispersal-limited trait-based model of community dynamics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 650-661

  Jabot, Franck ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Community model; Environmental filtering; Functional trait

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FILTERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77649338012     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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