Regulation of diversity: Maintenance of species richness in changing environments

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-332

  Brown, James H ^a   Morgan Ernest, S K ^a   Parody, Jennifer M ^a   Haskell, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Ecosystem processes; Mammals; Plants; Regulation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MAINTENANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035041838     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000536     Document Type: Article

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