A niche remedy for the dynamical problems of neutral theory

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-161

  Noble, Andrew E ^a,b   Fagan, William F ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coexistence; Dispersal; Drift; Extinction; Neutral theory; Niche theory; Selection; Speciation; Species age problem; Species lifetime problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925483675     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-014-0240-x     Document Type: Article

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