Episodic events: Their relevance to ecology and evolution

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 237-250

  Boero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community dynamics; Ecology; Episodic events; Evolution; Life cycles; Plankton; Predation

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC EVENT; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

EID: 0030437383     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00505.x     Document Type: Article

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