Temporal patterns in rates of community change during succession

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 780-793

  Anderson, Kristina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Colonization; Extinction; Primary succession; Secondary succession; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EXTINCTION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTHROPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34248377882     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516653     Document Type: Article

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