Organization of Plethodon salamander communities: Guild-based community assembly

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1292-1299

  Adams, Dean C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly rules; Functional groups; Interspecific competition; Plethodon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COEXISTENCE; DATABASE; GUILD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PLETHODON; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA;

EID: 34447097003     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0697     Document Type: Article

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