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| Levin, S.A.; Dushoff, J.; Keymer, J.E. | |
| Community assembly and the emergence of ecosystem pattern | |
| 2001 Scientia Marina (65): 171-179 | |
A fundamental problem challenging natural scientists is to understand how macroscopic patterns, such as populations abundance distributions and element ratios, emerge and are sustained in ecosystems, given that evolution typically operates most strongly at the level of individuals and their genomes. How do such patterns persist in the face of evolutionary innovation? In this paper, we explore this issue through dynamical models of community assembly and metapopulation dynamics in dynamic landscpaes, and discuss individual-based approaches to the control of element cylces. |
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