Backbones of evolutionary history test biodiversity theory for microbes

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

Volumn 112, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 8356-8361

  O'Dwyer, James P ^a   Kembel, Steven W ^b   Sharpton, Thomas J ^c   Pacala, Stephen W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent theory; Macroecology; Microbial biodiversity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84936805635     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419341112     Document Type: Article

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