Intermediate disturbance and its relationship to within- and between-patch dynamics

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-110

  Collins, Scott L ^a   Glenn, Susan M ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; MODELLING; PATCH DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031407884     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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