Living in the branches: Population dynamics and ecological processes in dendritic networks

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-175

  Campbell Grant, Evan H ^a,b   Lowe, Winsor H ^c   Fagan, William F ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave network; Dendritic ecological network; Dispersal; Ecosystem function; Hedgerow network; Population and community processes; Road network; Spatial structure; Stream network

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33846544516     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.01007.x     Document Type: Review

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