Hubbell, SP. 2006. Neutral Theory and the Evolution of Ecological Equivalence. Ecology. 87 (6): 1387-1398.
This paper provides an excellent concise overview of neutral theory (although it is still a bit dense). Hubbell covers all of the major points of his seminal book (The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, 2001), but in a much briefer and more accessible way. If you'd like a basic understanding of neutral theory but don't want to make it a focus of your research, I highly recommend this paper. The cartoon I've included clearly takes neutral theory to a ridiculous extent... if you don't get it, you'll just have to read the paper!
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