Recent advances in ecosystem theory;Développements récents en théorie des écosystèmes

Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-87

  Frontier, Serge ^a   Leprêtre, Alain ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Dynamics; Ecological succession; Ecosystem theory; Energy flux; Hierarchy; Interactions; Material cycling; Physical biological interactions; Resilience; Space and time structure; Strategies; System theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002728503     PISSN: 00789682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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