Multiple scales and the relationship between density and spatial aggregation in littoral zone communities

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Stoffels, Rick J ^a   Closs, Gerard P ^a   Burns, Carolyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142134208     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12453.x     Document Type: Article

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