Modelling the ecology and evolution of communities: A review of past achievements, current efforts, and future promises

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 601-625

  Brännström, Åke ^a,b   Johansson, Jacob ^b,c   Loeuille, Nicolas ^d,e   Kristensen, Nadiah ^f   Troost, Tineke A ^g   Lambers, Reinier Hille Ris ^h   Dieckmann, Ulf ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^h Oceans and Coasts Program World Wide Fund for Nature   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community ecology; Community evolution; Niche theory; Trait based models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873659485     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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