General relationships between species diversity and stability in competitive systems

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 388-395

  Ives, Anthony R ^a   Hughes, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community dynamics; Competition; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0036125923     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338994     Document Type: Article

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