Eco-evolutionary community dynamics: Covariation between diversity and invasibility across temperature gradients

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Stegen, James C ^a,b,e   Enquist, Brian J ^b,c   Ferriére, Régis ^b,d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (Mexico)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Community assembly; Ecological saturation; Food web; Functional traits; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; INVASIBILITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866342633     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667577     Document Type: Article

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