Community structure and environmental stress: Desiccation promotes nestedness in mycophagous fly communities

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Worthen, Wade B ^a   Jones, M Tildon ^a   Jetton, Robert M ^a  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLY COMMUNITY; MUSHROOM; MYCOPHAGY;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA PUTRIDA; DROSOPHILA TRIPUNCTATA; DROSOPHILIDAE; LEUCOPHENGA VARIA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 0031914173     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546466     Document Type: Article

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