Positive interactions and the emergence of community structure in metacommunities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-429

  Filotas, Elise ^a   Grant, Martin ^b   Parrott, Lael ^a   Rikvold Per Arne, P A ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Community function; Dispersal; Diversity; Local and regional scales; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; EMERGENCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MODELING; MUTUALISM; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LANDSCAPE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954838348     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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