Density dependence, spatial scale and patterning in sessile biota

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-381

  Gascoigne, Joanna C ^a   Beadman, Helen A ^b   Saurel, Camille ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Mussels; Mytilus edulis; Self organisation

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PATCHINESS; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; WALES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 26044435664     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0137-x     Document Type: Article

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