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Different but equal: the implausible assumption at the heart of neutral theory.
- Abstract:
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1. The core assumption of neutral theory is that all individuals in a community have equal fitness regardless of species, and regardless of the species composition of the community. But, real communities consist of species exhibiting large trait differences; hence these differences must be subject to perfect fitness-equalizing trade-offs for neutrality to hold. 2. Here we explain that perfect equalizing trade-offs are extremely unlikely to occur in reality, because equality of fitness among s...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of animal ecology
- Volume:
- 79
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 1215-1225
- Publication date:
- 2010-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2656
- ISSN:
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0021-8790
- Source identifiers:
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411960
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:411960
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2010
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