Limits to generality: Seasonal and temporal variation in dispersal of an intertidal gastropod

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-196

  Crowe, Tasman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gastropod; Generality; Metaanalysis; Seasonal variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; MOLLUSC; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; GASTROPOD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BEMBICIUM AURATUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033556122     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00110-5     Document Type: Article

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