Differentiating between niche and neutral assembly in metacommunities using null models of β-diversity

Competitive exclusion, beta diversity, and deterministic vs. stochastic drivers of community assembly

(2014) Hila Segre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Beta diversity among prairie restorations increases with species pool size, but not through enhanced species sorting

(2014) Emily Grman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Null model approaches to evaluating the relative role of different assembly processes in shaping ecological communities

(2014) Akira S. Mori et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ecological filtering or random extinction? Beta-diversity patterns and the importance of niche-based and neutral processes following habitat loss

(2014) Thomas Püttker et al.   OIKOS

Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities

(2014) Mark Vellend et al.   OIKOS

Spatial Variability in Plant Predation Determines the Strength of Stochastic Community Assembly

(2013) Rachel M. Germain et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The recovery of ground ant diversity in secondary Lacandon tropical forests

(2013) Maya Rocha-Ortega et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Relative influence of deterministic processes on structuring marsh plant communities varies across an abiotic gradient

(2013) Hongyu Guo et al.   OIKOS

Undersampling and the measurement of beta diversity

(2013) Jan Beck et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Niches drive peaked and positive relationships between diversity and disturbance in natural ecosystems

(2013) Andrew J. Tanentzap et al.   Ecosphere

Beta-diversity in temperate and tropical forests reflects dissimilar mechanisms of community assembly

(2012) Jonathan A. Myers et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Niche versus neutrality in structuring the beta diversity of damselfly assemblages

(2012) ADAM M. SIEPIELSKI et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities

(2012) James C. Stegen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in subsurface microbial communities

(2012) James C Stegen et al.   ISME Journal

Disentangling the Drivers of   Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients

(2011) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE

A diversity of beta diversities: straightening up a concept gone awry. Part 1. Defining beta diversity as a function of alpha and gamma diversity

(2010) Hanna Tuomisto   ECOGRAPHY

Niche and fitness differences relate the maintenance of diversity to ecosystem function

(2010) Ian T. Carroll et al.   ECOLOGY

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stochastic Community Assembly Causes Higher Biodiversity in More Productive Environments

(2010) J. M. Chase   SCIENCE

On the Assessment of Monte Carlo Error in Simulation-Based Statistical Analyses

(2009) Elizabeth Koehler et al.   AMERICAN STATISTICIAN

Disentangling niche and neutral influences on community assembly: assessing the performance of community phylogenetic structure tests

(2009) Steven W. Kembel   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Extinction risk depends strongly on factors contributing to stochasticity

(2008) Brett A. Melbourne et al.   NATURE