Detection of direct versus indirect effects: Were experiments long enough?

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 801-823

  Menge, Bruch A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIRECT/INDIRECT EFFECTS; EXPERIMENT DURATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0030618050     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286025     Document Type: Article

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