Coexistence in metacommunities: The regional similarity hypothesis

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 420-426

  Mouquet, Nicolas ^a   Loreau, Michel ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Emigration; Immigration; Metacommunity; Regional similarity; Source sink model; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036123647     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338996     Document Type: Note

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