What ecological factors shape species-area curves in neutral models?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cencini, Massimo ^a   Pigolotti, Simone ^b   Muñoz, Miguel A ^c  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HABITUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTISPECIES CONTACT PROCESS; MULTISPECIES VOTER MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES AREA RELATIONSHIP; STEPPING STONE MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861872353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038232     Document Type: Article

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