Causes of species diversity differences: A comparative analysis of Markov models

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-56

  Wootton, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reef; Disturbance; Intertidal; Mussel bed; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0035124736     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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