Dear Tyler,
Since Hubbell's book, there have been so many papers on neutral theory
that, I agree, it looks quite challenging to select just one. Instead I
have prepared a doable short list for a reading group for a semester.
What is challenging for me it is not to select a short list of basic
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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
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
