The generality of field experiments: Interactions between local and broad-scale processes

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 399-415

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Cummings, Vonda J ^a   Green, Malcolm O ^a   Funnell, Greig A ^a   Wilkinson, Michelle R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult juvenile interactions; Bivalves; Broad scale processes; Generality in field experiments; Intertidal sandflats; Local processes; Macomona; Meta analysis; New Zealand; Postlarval movement; Scaling up; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; WAVE ACTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; MACOMONA; MACOMONA LILIANA; MOLLUSCA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 0033936030     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0399:TGOFEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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