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Ecological equivalence: a realistic assumption for niche theory as a testable alternative to neutral theory.

PloS one - 14 Oct 2009

Doncaster C Patrick

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BACKGROUND: Hubbell's 2001 neutral theory unifies biodiversity and biogeography by modelling steady-state distributions of species richness and abundances across spatio-temporal scales. Accurate predictions have issued from its core premise that all species have identical vital rates. Yet no ecologist believes that species are identical in reality. Here I explain this paradox in terms of the ecological...

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PMID: 19829714
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007460
PMCID: PMC2759543

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