Disturbance frequency and community structure in a twenty-five year intervention study

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-152

  Trexler, Joel C ^a   Loftus, William F ^b   Perry, Sue ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI; Community regulation; Disturbance; Hydroperiod; Succession; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FLORIDA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PISCES;

EID: 26044453185     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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