Coexistence and collapse: An experimental investigation of the persistent communities of a protist species pool

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 554-566

  Weatherby, Anita J ^a   Warren, Philip H ^a   Law, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly; Extinction; Microcosms; Permanence; Stability

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; PERSISTANCE;

PROTISTA;

EID: 0031854622     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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