Environmental heterogeneity affects the location of modelled communities along the niche-neutrality continuum

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1783, 2014, Pages

  Bar Massada, Avi ^a   Kent, Rafi ^b   Carmel, Yohay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continuum hypothesis; Environmental heterogeneity; Neutrality; Niche

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HETEROGENEITY; NICHE; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84896992638     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3249     Document Type: Article

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