Modelling processes that generate and maintain coral community diversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1219-1233

  Van Woesik, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corals; Diversity; Metacommunities; Metapopulations; Post settlement mortality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0033822865     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008913219660     Document Type: Article

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