I review the mathematical and biological aspects of Hubbell's (2001) neutral theory of
species abundance for ecological communities, and clarify its historical connections with …

A decade has now passed since Hubbell published The Unified Neutral Theory of
Biodiversity and Biogeography. Neutral theory highlights the importance of dispersal …

Unraveling the drivers controlling community assembly is a central issue in ecology.
Although it is generally accepted that selection, dispersal, diversification and drift are major …

Understanding the community assembly mechanisms controlling biodiversity patterns is a
central issue in ecology. Although it is generally accepted that both deterministic and …

Anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change are reducing species' geographic ranges,
increasing extinction risk and losses of species' genetic diversity. Although preserving …

Biological Diversity provides an up to date, authoritative review of the methods of measuring
and assessing biological diversity, together with their application. The book's emphasis is on …

We have developed the suspended-load backpack, which converts mechanical energy from
the vertical movement of carried loads (weighing 20 to 38 kilograms) to electricity during …

Hubbell's neutral theory of biodiversity has challenged the classic niche-based view of
ecological community structure. Although there have been many attempts to falsify Hubbell's …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 627–642 Abstract A unified theory in science is a theory that
shows a common underlying set of rules that regulate processes previously thought to be …

We describe a general framework for testing neutral theory. We summarize similarities and
differences between ten different versions of neutral theory. Two central predictions of …