The role of stochastic processes in producing nested patterns of species distributions

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Higgins, Christopher L ^a,b   Willig, Michael R ^a,c   Strauss, Richard E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; EXTINCTION; IMMIGRATION; ISLAND; NEST STRUCTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33746910204     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14720.x     Document Type: Article

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