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The implicit assumption of symmetry and the species abundance distribution

dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorOstling, Annetteen_US
dc.contributor.authorEtienne, Rampal S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T21:14:48Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T21:14:48Z
dc.date.issued2008-02en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlonso, David; Ostling, Annette; Etienne, Rampal S. (2008). "The implicit assumption of symmetry and the species abundance distribution." Ecology Letters 11(2): 93-105. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74323>en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRSen_US
dc.subject.otherDiversity Patternsen_US
dc.subject.otherLogseriesen_US
dc.subject.otherNeutralityen_US
dc.subject.otherSpecies Abundance Distributionen_US
dc.subject.otherStochastic Community Modelsen_US
dc.subject.otherSymmetryen_US
dc.titleThe implicit assumption of symmetry and the species abundance distributionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumEcology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University Av., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherCommunity and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlandsen_US
dc.identifier.pmid18034838en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74323/1/j.1461-0248.2007.01127.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01127.xen_US
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