Strong effects of weak interactions in ecological communities

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6725, 1999, Pages 330-334

  Berlow, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXTINCTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BARNACLE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPECIES;

GASTROPODA; THORACICA;

EID: 0033602470     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18672     Document Type: Article

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