Coexistence of nearly neutral species

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-81

  He, Fangliang ^a,b   Zhang, Da Yong ^c   Lin, Kui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

birth rate; death rate; demographic trade off; ecological drift; nearly neutral theory; probability of extinction; time of coexistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862908715     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr040     Document Type: Article

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