The statistical mechanics of community assembly and species distribution

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 819-827

  Kelly, Colleen K ^a   Blundell, Stephen J ^a   Bowler, Michael G ^a   Fox, Gordon A ^b   Harvey, Paul H ^a   Lomas, Mark R ^c   Ian Woodward, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Diversity and productivity; Idiosyncrasy; n dimensional hypervolume; Naturalized species; Neutrality; Niche dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NEW SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79960563986     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03721.x     Document Type: Article

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