Community convergence in disturbed subtropical dune forests

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 655-666

  Wassenaar, T D ^a   Van Aarde, R J ^a   Pimm, S L ^a,b   Ferreira, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal dune forests, South Africa; Community organization; Convergence; Ecological restoration; Mining; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENCE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MINING;

AVES; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 15244347050     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0836     Document Type: Article

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