El Nino effects on the dynamics and control of an island ecosystem in the gulf of California

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1884-1897

  Polis, Gary A ^a   Hurd, Stephen D ^a   Jackson, C Todd ^a   Pińero, Francisco Sanchez ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Climatic disturbance; Community dynamics; Desert arthropods and plants; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Food webs; Gulf of California; Marine input; Precipitation; Pulse reserve; Terrestrial productivity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; EMBRYOPHYTA; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LETHRINIDAE;

ARID ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATIC DISTURBANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EL NINO; INSECT ABUNDANCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030613590     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2266109     Document Type: Article

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