Stochastic Species Turnover and Stable Coexistence in a Species-Rich, Fire-Prone Plant Community

Wilfried Thuiller; Jasper A. Slingsby; Sean D. J. Privett; Richard M. Cowling

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000938

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Stochastic Species Turnover and Stable Coexistence in a Species-Rich, Fire-Prone Plant Community

Wilfried Thuiller ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wilfried.thuiller@ujf-grenoble.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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Jasper A. Slingsby,

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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Sean D. J. Privett,

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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Richard M. Cowling

Affiliation Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Stochastic Species Turnover and Stable Coexistence in a Species-Rich, Fire-Prone Plant Community

Wilfried Thuiller,
Jasper A. Slingsby,
Sean D. J. Privett,
Richard M. Cowling

Published: September 26, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000938

About the Authors

Wilfried Thuiller

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wilfried.thuiller@ujf-grenoble.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS-UMR 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

Jasper A. Slingsby

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Sean D. J. Privett

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Richard M. Cowling

Affiliation Department of Botany, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC. Performed the experiments: SP. Analyzed the data: WT SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC WT JS. Wrote the paper: RC WT JS.

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