Relative contribution of neutral and deterministic processes in shaping fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in Afrotropical forests

Relative contribution of neutral and deterministic processes in shaping fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in Afrotropical forests

Abstract The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography has gained the status of a quantitative null model for explaining patterns in ecological (meta)communities. The theory assumes that individuals of trophically similar species are functionally equivalent. We empirically evaluate the...

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Main Authors: Kwaku Aduse‐Poku, Freerk Molleman, William Oduro, Samuel K. Oppong, David J. Lohman, Rampal S. Etienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Africa
biodiversity
canopy
dispersal
neutral theory
species abundance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3618

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3618

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