Effects of large-scale disturbance on metacommunity structure of terrestrial gastropods: Temporal trends in nestedness

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-406

  Bloch, Christopher P ^a,b   Higgins, Christopher L ^a,c   Willig, Michael R ^a,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GASTROPOD; HURRICANE; NESTEDNESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33847696549     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15391.x     Document Type: Article

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