Dynamical evolution of ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7121, 2006, Pages 926-928

  Azaele, Sandro ^a   Pigolotti, Simone ^b   Banavar, Jayanth R ^c   Maritan, Amos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANAMA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 33845903309     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05320     Document Type: Article

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