Implications of spatial pattern and local density on community-level interactions

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 495-502

  Lortie, Christopher J ^a,b   Ellis, Erica ^a   Novoplansky, Ariel ^c   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 17444426150     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13779.x     Document Type: Article

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