Cross-scale morphology, geometry, and dynamics of ecosystems

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 447-502

  Rolling, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community vs. ecosystem ecology; Contagious disturbance processes; Discontinuous community structure; Discontinuous ecosystem structure; Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystem organization; Fractal; Global change; Spatial structure at different scales

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MAMMAL; PRAIRIE; SHORTGRASS;

EID: 0027101174     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2937313     Document Type: Article

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