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When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?

Lasse Ruokolainen, Esa Ranta, Veijo Kaitala, Mike Fowler Orcid Logo

Ecology Letters, Volume: 12, Issue: 9, Pages: 909 - 919

Swansea University Author: Mike Fowler Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01346.x

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Niche and neutral processes are the two most important hypotheses currently used to describe the distribution and abundances of species within ecosystems. We applied a novel statistical approach to simulated data generated with either niche or neutral models, to highlight the environmental condition...

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ISSN: 1461-023X 1461-0248
Published: 2009
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title When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?
spellingShingle When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?
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title_short When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?
title_full When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?
title_fullStr When can we distinguish between neutral and non-neutral processes in community dynamics under ecological drift?
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