The role of rare species in the community stability of a model ecosystem

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-642

  Yoshimura, Jin ^a,b,c   Tainaka, Kei Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Takanori ^a   Sakisaka, Yukio ^b   Nakagiri, Nariyuki ^a,d   Togashi, Tatsuya ^b   Miyazaki, Tatsuo ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community structure; Lattice ecosystems; Low density species; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646719143     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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