Community variability increases with time

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Bengtsson, Jan ^a,b   Baillie, Stephen R ^c   Lawton, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY VARIABILITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT STABILITY; SCRUB FOREST;

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EID: 0030620788     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546291     Document Type: Article

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