Neutral Theory and Beyond

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 510-518

  O'Dwyer, James ^a   Chisholm, Ryan ^b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Community ecology; Neutral theory; Null models; Spacial models; Species abundances; Species richness; Species area relationship; Theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931749762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00429-9     Document Type: Chapter

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