Persistence and area effects in a stochastic tritrophic model

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 587-595

  Wilson, H B ^a   Hassell, M P ^a   Holt, R D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Area effects; Demographic stochasticity; Metapopulations; Tritrophic communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031781712     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286144     Document Type: Article

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