The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography at Age Ten

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 340-348

  Rosindell, James ^a,b   Hubbell, Stephen P ^c,d   Etienne, Rampal S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79958731393     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.03.024     Document Type: Review

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