A sampling theory for asymmetric communities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Noble, Andrew E ^a   Temme, Nico M ^b   Fagan, William F ^a   Keitt, Timothy H ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coexistence; Mass effects; Nearly neutral theory; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FITNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650771764     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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