Population density and community size structure: Comparison of aquatic and terrestrial systems

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-149

  Cyr, Hélène ^a,b   Peters, Robert H ^a   Downing, John A ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030841441     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546525     Document Type: Article

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