The effects of between-habitat dispersal rate on protist communities and metacommunities in microcosms at two spatial scales

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 132-140

  Warren, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Metacommunity; Metapopulation; Microcosm; Protista; Selective extinction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; METACOMMUNITY; PATCH SIZE; PROTIST;

EID: 0029669185     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328801     Document Type: Article

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