Habitat destruction, dispersal, and deterministic extinction in competitive communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-435

  Tilman, David ^a   Lehman, Clarence L ^a   Yin, Chengjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION;

EID: 0030619374     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285998     Document Type: Article

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