Spatiotemporal scales of non-equilibrium community dynamics: A methodological challenge

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-206

  Bartha, Sándor ^a   Czárán, Tamás ^a   Scheuring, István ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MODELLING; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

EID: 0031420444     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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