Strategy space and the disturbance spectrum: A life-history model for tree species coexistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-33

  Loehle, Craig ^a  

^a Natl Cncl Air Stream I   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Shifting mosaic; Simulation model; Succession

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIFE HISTORY; TREE;

EID: 0034086922     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303369     Document Type: Article

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