Meta-ecosystems: A theoretical framework for a spatial ecosystem ecology

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 673-679

  Loreau, Michel ^a   Mouquet, Nicolas ^b,d   Holt, Robert D ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 111 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Diversity; Ecosystem; Landscape; Metacommunity; Model; Productivity; Source sink dynamics; Spatial processes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MACROECOLOGY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

EID: 0043130217     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00483.x     Document Type: Review

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