Effects of patch size on colonisation in estuaries: Revisiting the species-area relationship

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-98

  Anderson, Marti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intertidal ecology; Island habitat; Random placement hypothesis; Seasonal variation; Succession

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLONIZATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032906473     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050706     Document Type: Article

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