Hierarchy underlies patterns of variability in species inhabiting natural microcosms

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Kolasa, Jurek ^a   Drake, James A ^b   Huxel, Gary R ^b   Hewitt, Chad L ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; HIERARCHY; HIERARCHY THEORY; MICROCOSM; ROCK POOL; SPECIES VARIABILITY;

EID: 0030302982     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546064     Document Type: Article

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