Emergent neutrality or hidden niches?

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1565-1572

  Barabás, György ^a   D'Andrea, Rafael ^a   Rael, Rosalyn ^a   Meszéna, Géza ^b   Ostling, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; EMERGENCE; NICHE PARTITIONING;

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EID: 84886285029     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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