The dynamics of vegetation change: Health warnings for equilibrium 'dodo' models

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 413-418

  Woodward, F Ian ^a   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Disturbance; Dynamics; Migration; Vegetation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000734949     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997350     Document Type: Article

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