The coherence problem with the Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 198-202

  Clark, James S ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; NICHE; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84858593308     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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