Toward a Mechanistic Understanding and Prediction of Biotic Homogenization

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 442-460

  Olden, Julian D ^a   Poff, N LeRoy ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; Habitat loss; Invasion; Native; Nonnative

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HOMOGENEITY; SIMILARITY INDEX;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0242625207     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378212     Document Type: Article

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