Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities
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M. Vellend ([email protected]), C. D. Brown and I. H. Myers-Smith, Dépt de Biologie, Univ. de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada. – D. S. Srivastava, K. M. Anderson, J. E. Jankowski, E. J. Kleynhans, N. J. B. Kraft, A. D. Letaw, A. A. M. Macdonald, J. E. Maclean, Dept of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. – A. R. Norris, Dept of Forest Sciences, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. – X. Xue, Dept of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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