When should species richness be energy limited, and how would we know?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 401-413

  Hurlbert, Allen H ^a   Stegen, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Evolution; Latitudinal gradient; Niche conservatism; Phylogenetic structure; Simulation; Species richness; Species energy theory; Zero sum

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FISH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

SEBASTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIVERSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FISH; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE CONSERVATISM; PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-ENERGY THEORY; ZERO SUM;

DIVERSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NICHE CONSERVATISM; PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-ENERGY THEORY; ZERO SUM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84895527388     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12240     Document Type: Article

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