Resolving the biodiversity paradox

James S. Clark; Mike Dieta; Sukhendu Chakraborty; Pankaj K.Ibeanez Agarwal; Shannon LaDeau; Mike Wolosin

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Resolving the biodiversity paradox

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Authors:

James S. Clark, Mike Dieta, Sukhendu Chakraborty, Pankaj K.Ibeanez Agarwal, Shannon LaDeau, Mike Wolosin

Year:

2007

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Ecology Letters, (2007) 10: 647?662

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Abstract

The paradox of biodiversity involves three elements, (i) mathematical models predict that species must differ in specific ways in order to coexist as stable ecological communities, (ii) such differences are difficult to identify, yet (iii) there is widespread evidence of stability in natural communities.

Keywords

coexistence, hierarchical models, neutral models, stochasticity, tradeoffs

Citation

Clark, James S.; Dieta, Mike; Chakraborty, Sukhendu; Agarwal, Pankaj K.Ibeanez, Ines; LaDeau, Shannon; Wolosin, Mike. 2007. Resolving the biodiversity paradox. Ecology Letters, (2007) 10: 647?662