Species richness, environmental fluctuations, and temporal change in total community biomass

Oikos

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-240

  Petchey, Owen L ^a,b   Casey, Tim ^a   Jiang, Lin ^a   McPhearson, Timon ^a   Price, Jennifer ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western Bank ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCLIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0036858763     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990203.x     Document Type: Article

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