The role of history in community dynamics: A modelling approach

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-117

  Tanner, Jason E ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^a   Connell, Joseph H ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Competition; Coral reefs; Disturbance; Great Barrier Reef; History; Matrix models; Scleractinians; Semi Markov model; Simulations; Succession

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION; DISTURBANCE; HISTORY; MODELLING; SUCCESSION; TREE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, GREAT BARRIER REEF, HERON ISLAND;

EID: 0030416923     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265660     Document Type: Article

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