On species persistence-time distributions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 303, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-24

  Suweis, S ^a,c   Bertuzzo, E ^a   Mari, L ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^b   Maritan, A ^c   Rinaldo, A ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Macroecology; Neutral ecological theory; Sampling problems; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FISH; HERB; MACROECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES PERSISTENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858722032     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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