Stability and species richness in complex communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 399-411

  Ives, A R ^a   Klug, J L ^a   Gross, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Disturbances; Environmental fluctuations; Population dynamics; Resilience

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033832401     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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