Chance and determinism in the development of isolated communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-18

  Ward, S A ^a   Thornton, I W B ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Competitive exclusion; Dispersal; Ecosystem assembly; Forest formation; Island biogeography; Krakatau Islands; Priority effects

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPETITION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034069692     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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