Emergent neutrality drives phytoplankton species coexistence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1716, 2011, Pages 2355-2361

  Segura, Angel M ^a,c   Calliari, Danilo ^a   Kruk, Carla ^b   Conde, Daniel ^b   Bonilla, Sylvia ^b   Fort, Hugo ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b Sección Limnología Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Emergent neutrality; Morpho functional traits; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URUGUAY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URUGUAY;

EID: 79959731283     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2464     Document Type: Article

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