The statistical inevitability of stability-diversity relationships in community ecology

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-276

  Doak, D F ^a   Bigger, D ^a   Harding, E K ^a   Marvier, M A ^a   O'Malley, R E ^a   Thomson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaging; Community ecology; Diversity; Null model; Random sums; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031954944     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286117     Document Type: Article

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