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Metacommunity Assembly

Metacommunity Assembly is a theoretical framework that specifies the ecological and evolutionary processes structuring species distributions across spatially discrete but interconnected communities, integrating the roles of local environmental filtering, dispersal, and stochasticity in shaping community composition at regional scales.

215

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16.3K

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659

Authors

357

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2017–2026

78

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Publications

215

Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Communities

Don A. Driscoll · Austral Ecology · 2006 · 1.1K citations

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Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest

Nathan J. B. Kraft, David D. Ackerly · Ecological Monographs · 2010 · 602 citations

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From barcoding single individuals to metabarcoding biological communities: towards an integrative approach to the study of global biodiversity

Melania E. Cristescu · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2014 · 506 citations

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An emerging synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology

Marc T. J. Johnson, John R. Stinchcombe · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2007 · 467 citations

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The role of mosaic phenomena in natural communities

R. H. Whittaker, Simon A. Levin · Theoretical Population Biology · 1977 · 448 citations

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Authors

659

  1. JH
    Jani Heino

    Finnish Environment Institute, Finland

    9 publications · 465 citations

    9

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  2. MA
    Mathew A. Leibold

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    8 publications · 929 citations

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  3. JM
    Jonathan M. Chase

    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Germany

    7 publications · 928 citations

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  4. LD
    Luc De Meester

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    7 publications · 374 citations

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  5. BL
    Bryan L. Brown

    Virginia Tech, United States

    4 publications · 116 citations

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Institutions

357

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    44 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Finnish Environment Institute

    Helsinki, Finland

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    55 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    672 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    991 citations

  7. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    634 citations

  8. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    987 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    15 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Oikos

    9 publications · 692 citations

    10

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  3. Oecologia

    10 publications · 751 citations

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  4. Ecography

    9 publications · 899 citations

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  5. Freshwater Biology

    7 publications · 325 citations

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