Population dynamics, disturbance, and pattern evolution: Identifying the fundamental scales of organization in a model ecosystem

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-337

  Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Moloney, Kirk A ^b   Milton, Suzanne J ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Disturbance; Individual based model; Karoo shrubland; Ripley's K function; Spatiotemporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031712553     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286172     Document Type: Article

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