The neutral theory of biodiversity with random fission speciation

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-109

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Haegeman, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UMR Systems Analysis and Biometrics   (France)

Author keywords

Fundamental biodiversity number; Maximum likelihood; Sampling formula

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; LONGEVITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MUTATION; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 85028103104     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-010-0076-y     Document Type: Article

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