Species abundances and lifetimes: From neutral to niche-stabilized communities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 338, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Pigolotti, Simone ^a   Cencini, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neutral theory; Niche stabilization; Niche theory; Species abundance distribution; Species lifetimes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

NEUTRAL THEORY; NICHE STABILIZATION; NICHE THEORY; SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES LIFETIMES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84884193757     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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