Metapopulation extinction in fragmented landscapes: Using bacteria and protozoa communities as model ecosystems

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 568-591

  Burkey, Tormod Vaaland ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EXTINCTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; MODEL ECOSYSTEM; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030772558     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286082     Document Type: Article

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