The spatial limitations of current neutral models of biodiversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Rosindell, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; KERNEL METHOD; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952692121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014717     Document Type: Article

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