A mathematical synthesis of niche and neutral theories in community ecology

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.006zbMath1307.92323OpenAlexW2136844669WikidataQ33718821 ScholiaQ33718821MaRDI QIDQ2261638

Michel Loreau, Bart Haegeman

Publication date: 9 March 2015

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.006

zbMATH Keywords

immigrationLotka-Volterra modelspecies abundance distributiondemographic stochasticityneutral community model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Stochastic functional-differential equations (34K50)

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