Unifying ecology and macroevolution with individual-based theory

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 472-482

  Rosindell, James ^a   Harmon, Luke J ^b   Etienne, Rampal S ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecology; Fitness; Individual based model; Lineages through time; Macroevolution; Neutral; Phylogeny; Selection; Species abundance; Theory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84927139246     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12430     Document Type: Article

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