The transition between the niche and neutral regimes in ecology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 13111-13116

  Fisher, Charles K ^a   Mehta, Pankaj ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Disordered systems; Neutral theory; Niche theory; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; TIME;

BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906972051     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405637111     Document Type: Article

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