The roles of harsh and fluctuating conditions in the dynamics of ecological communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 519-553

  Chesson, Peter ^a   Huntly, Nancy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION GROWTH RATE; SPECIES INTERACTION;

EID: 0030850481     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286080     Document Type: Article

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