Species richness of reef-building corals determined by local and regional processes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-241

  Cornell, Howard V ^a   Karlson, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance gradient; Local richness; Niche; Regional richness; Saturation; Spatial scale; Species pool

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; LOCAL PROCESSES; REEFS; REGIONAL INFLUENCE; SCLERACTINIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0029668488     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5726     Document Type: Article

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