Increased ecosystem variability and reduced predictability following fertilisation: Evidence from palaeolimnology

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 340-348

  Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a   Rusak, James A ^b,c   Leavitt, Peter R ^c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic linear models; Ecosystem experiment; Experimental Lakes Area; Fertilisation; Lake 227; Levene's test; Perturbation; Predictability; Time series; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033894014     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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