Species co-occurrences and neutral models: Reassessing J. M. Diamond's assembly rules

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 603-609

  Ulrich, Werner ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

EID: 8744271234     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12981.x     Document Type: Article

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