Community dynamics: What happens when we rerun the tape?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 515-526

  Savage, Melissa ^c   Sawhill, Bruce ^a   Askenazi, Manor ^b  

^a Bios Group   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034699181     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2055     Document Type: Article

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