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The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography

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During the past 50 years, physicists have sought a 'unified theory' from which all major categories of forces could be derived. Any physicist sufficiently intrigued by the title of Stephen Hubbell's book to wade through its pages will, however, come away disappointed. This will be partly a result of the constraints on achieving any generality and unification in the field of ecology, and partly because of the limitations of Hubbell's theory. Nevertheless, Hubbell's book contains many interesting ideas and intriguing new findings, and few practising ecologists will fail to get something out of it.

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Abrams, P. A world without competition.Nature 412, 858–859 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35091120

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