Mapping the assembly of protist communities in microcosms

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1001-1011

  Warren, Philip H ^a   Law, Richard ^b   Weatherby, Anita J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Invasion; Microcosm; Protist

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MICROCOSM; PROTIST;

PROTISTA;

EID: 0042816280     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1001:MTAOPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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