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A general framework for neutral models of community dynamics
Ecology Letters, 2009Ecology Letters (2009) 12: 1287–1297 Abstract Neutral models of community dynamics are a powerful tool for ecological research, but their applications are currently ...
Ronen Kadmon, Omri Allouche
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Ecological Modelling, 2009 Neutral models provide an alternative to niche-based assembly rules of ecological communities by assuming that communities’ properties are shaped by the stochastic interplay between ecological drift, migration and speciation. The recent and ongoing interest about neutral assumptions has produced many developments on the theoretical side, with ...
François Munoz +2 more
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An analytical approach to spatio-temporal dynamics of neutral community models
Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2009We propose a spatial version of the neutral community model on a network of interconnected patches. The dynamical equations for the abundances and higher order moments of the abundances are established. Due to the neutrality assumption these equations are autonomous, enabling an exact analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics. We compute local (i.e., inside
Bart Haegeman
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Applying ecological models to communities of genetic elements: the case of neutral theory [PDF]
Molecular Ecology, 2015 AbstractA promising recent development in molecular biology involves viewing the genome as a mini‐ecosystem, where genetic elements are compared to organisms and the surrounding cellular and genomic structures are regarded as the local environment. Here, we critically evaluate the prospects of ecological neutral theory (ENT), a popular model in ecology,
Karl Cottenie +2 more
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A neutral model of community organization
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1980Abstract A discrete time simulation model is described which is neutral ( sensu Caswell, 1976 ) with respect to competition-based community organizational hypotheses. The model randomly locates rectangular niches (identified with species) in a two-dimensional resource hyperspace.
George S. Innis, James W. Haefner
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An improved neutral community model for temporal observations in microbial communities
Ecological Modelling, 2018Abstract Niche theory and neutral theory propose two alternative mechanisms for explaining the long-term coexistence of species in ecological communities. However, the true dynamic mechanisms of ecological communities likely fall in between these two theories of niches and neutrality.
Jie Li, Xuzhu Shen
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Reconciling neutral community models and environmental filtering: theory and an empirical test
Oikos, 2008It is widely believed that the neutral theory of biodiversity cannot be used for parameter inference if the assumption of neutrality is not met. The goal of this work is to extend this neutral framework to quantify the intensity of recruitment limitation (limited dispersal plus environmental filtering) in natural species assemblages.
Jabot, F., Etienne, R.S., Chave, J.
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Testing the standard neutral model of biodiversity in lake communities
Oikos, 2006neutral model describes how local communities are structured if population dynamics are statistically identical among species in a constant, possibly patchy, environment with random speciation. Tests of this model have been restricted largely to terrestrial communities. Here we tested the fit of this neutral model to fish, zooplankton and phytoplankton
Steven C. Walker, Hélène Cyr
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Niche and neutral models predict asymptotically equivalent species abundance distributions in high-diversity ecological communities [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010 A fundamental challenge in ecology is to understand the mechanisms that govern patterns of relative species abundance. Previous numerical simulations have suggested that complex niche-structured models produce species abundance distributions (SADs) that are qualitatively similar to those of very simple neutral models that ignore differences between ...
Ryan A Chisholm, Stephen W. Pacala
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Community Structure: A Neutral Model Analysis
Ecological Monographs, 1976The relation of community structure to community function is the subject of much ecological theorizing. Three approaches to the problem, based on cybernetics, control theory, and niche theory, can be identified. They concur in giving biological interactions a major role in the determination of community structure in general, and species diversity in ...
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