Diversity-stability relationships: Statistical inevitability or ecological consequence?

American Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-282

  Tilman, David ^a   Lehman, Clarence L ^a   Bristow, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Competition; Diversity; Mean and variance; Stability; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031956806     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286118     Document Type: Article

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