Neutral-like abundance distributions in the presence of selection in a continuous fitness landscape

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 345, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Kessler, David A ^a   Shnerb, Nadav M ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fisher log series; Neutral theory; Selection; Species abundance distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; FITNESS; MUTATION; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FITNESS LANDSCAPE; GENETIC SELECTION; HAMILTON MAY MODEL; MUTATION RATE; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

FISHER LOG-SERIES; NEUTRAL THEORY; SELECTION; SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84891367995     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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