Divergent perspectives on community convergence

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 427-432

  Samuels, Corey L ^a   Drake, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SYSTEMS THEORY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; NATURAL SCIENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031413583     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01182-8     Document Type: Review

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