A reliability theoretical quest for keystones

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-462

  Jordán, Ferenc ^a   Takács Sánta, András ^a   Molnár, István ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES;

EID: 0344564129     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546650     Document Type: Article

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