Spatial self-organization in ecology: Pretty patterns or robust reality?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 70-74

  Rohani, Pejman ^a   Lewis, Timothy J ^b   Grünbaum, Daniel ^b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELF-ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL PATTERN; STOCHASTIC NOISE;

EID: 0031060783     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)20103-X     Document Type: Note

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