Body mass patterns predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-121

  Allen, Craig R ^a,c   Forys, Elizabeth A ^b   Holling, C S ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross scale; Ecosystem structure; Endangered species; Everglades ecosystem; Extinctions; Invasions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032969521     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900063     Document Type: Article

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