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Tail of death and resurrection

Article Abstract:

The influence of migration, birth, death, dispersal and extinction on the composition of ecosystems is explained. The neutral theory in ecology predicts a measure known as relative species abundance, which describes the fraction of species with any given abundance.

Author: Harte, John
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
Analysis, Neutral evolution

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Scaling metabolism from organisms to ecosystems

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The variation in ecosystem processes is currently limited due to metabolism, that acts as energy fluxes. The focus on fundamental importance of metabolism offers a basis to integrate cellular, psychological and ecological attributes of ecological systems.

Author: Enquist, Brain J., Economo, Evan P., Huxman, Travis E., Allen, Andrew P., Ignace, Danielle D, Gillooly, James F
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003

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Long-term relationships between ecological stability and biodiversity in Phanerozoic reefs

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Ecological stability is related to taxonomic diversity on million-year timescale in biogenic reefs. Ecological stability and productivity may be decoupled in natural ecosystems.

Author: Kiessling, Wolfgang
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
Ecological research, Phanerozoic Eon

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