Ecological pattern and ecosystem theory

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-200

  Reynolds, C S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community ecology; Disturbance; Emergence; Extinction; Selection; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 0037207052     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00230-2     Document Type: Article

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