Intrinsic dynamics of the regional community

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 497-503

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Coevolution; Competition; Distribution; Diversification; Niche; Pathogen; Population; Speciation; Taxon cycle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84929090318     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12431     Document Type: Article

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