Robert Ricklefs wrote a couple of relevant papers that might be helpful for your discussion group:
Ricklefs, R. E. 2008. Disintegration of the Ecological Community. American Naturalist 172:741-750. Ricklefs, R. E. 2006. The unified neutral theory of biodiversity: do the numbers add up? Ecology 87(6): 1424-1431. Ricklefs, R. E. 2003. A comment on Hubbells zero-sum ecological drift model. Oikos 100(1): 185-192. ~Kara Kara Lefevre Postdoctoral Researcher Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Université Laval Québec, QC, Canada | [email protected] On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:48:07 -0500, Tyler Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, > >We are currently working through a series on seminal papers in ecology in a grad student discussion group and I thought it would be pertinent to include a paper and discussion on the unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography. Instead of making everyone read Hubbell's book I was wondering if anyone could recommend any papers that would best present and discuss this theory? > >Cheers, > >Tyler > > >Tyler L. Hicks > > >Ph.D. Student >Washington State University Vancouver > >E-mail: [email protected] >Web Page: http://thingswithwings.org > >"We were certainly uncertain. At least, I'm pretty sure I am." - Modest Mouse > > >_________________________________________________________________ >New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pc-scout/default.aspx?CBID=wl&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_pcscout:102009========================================================================
