The niche, biogeography and species interactions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1576, 2011, Pages 2336-2350

  Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Competition; Ecology; Evolution; Niche

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960491618     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0059     Document Type: Review

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