Complexity in plant communities: The notion and quantification

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-186

  Anand, Madhur ^a   Orlóci, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0343337626     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0058     Document Type: Article

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