A community ecology perspective on variability in complex systems: The effects of hierarchy and integration

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Kolasa, Jurek ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 Over f noise; Ecological community; Hierarchical structure; Index of integration and organization; Natural microcosms; Patterns of environmental variability; Patterns of variability in abundance; Self organization

Indexed keywords

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EID: 32444443889     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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