Non-neutral theory of biodiversity Export

@article{citeulike:5836546, abstract = {We present a non-neutral stochastic model for the dynamics taking place in a meta-community ecosystems in the presence of migration. The model provides a framework for describing the emergence of multiple ecological scenarios and behaves in two extreme limits either as the unified neutral theory of biodiversity or as the Bak-Sneppen model. Interestingly, the model shows a condensation phase transition where one species becomes the dominant one, the diversity in the ecosystems is strongly reduced and the ecosystem is non-stationary. This phase transition extends the principle of competitive exclusion to open ecosystems and might be relevant for the study of the impact of invasive species in native ecologies.}, author = {Bianconi, G. and Ferretti, L. and Franz, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {5836546}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/87/28001}, doi = {10.1209/0295-5075/87/28001}, journal = {EPL (Europhysics Letters)}, number = {2}, pages = {28001+}, posted-at = {2009-09-24 21:52:35}, priority = {4}, title = {Non-neutral theory of biodiversity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/87/28001}, volume = {87}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5836546 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5836546 N2 - We present a non-neutral stochastic model for the dynamics taking place in a meta-community ecosystems in the presence of migration. The model provides a framework for describing the emergence of multiple ecological scenarios and behaves in two extreme limits either as the unified neutral theory of biodiversity or as the Bak-Sneppen model. Interestingly, the model shows a condensation phase transition where one species becomes the dominant one, the diversity in the ecosystems is strongly reduced and the ecosystem is non-stationary. This phase transition extends the principle of competitive exclusion to open ecosystems and might be relevant for the study of the impact of invasive species in native ecologies. IS - 2 JF - EPL (Europhysics Letters) TI - Non-neutral theory of biodiversity VL - 87 SP - 28001 AU - Bianconi, G AU - Ferretti, L AU - Franz, S PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/87/28001 ER -