Intrinsic and extrinsic causes of spatial variability across scales in a metacommunity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Guichard, Frederic ^a   Steenweg, Robin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Intertidal communities; Marine reserves; Metapopulations; Scaling; Self organization; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 36348998691     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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