Prediction in complex communities: Analysis of empirically derived Markov models

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 580-598

  Wootton, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

California mussels; Community composition; Ecosystem dynamics; Environmental perturbation; Extinction; Larus glaucescens; Multispecies Markov models; Mytilus californianus; Resilience; Rocky intertidal; Sensitivity analysis; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARKOV CHAIN;

TATOOSH ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

CORALLINA VANCOUVERIENSIS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0035122173     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2679881     Document Type: Article

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