Markov chain models predict the consequences of experimental extinctions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 653-660

  Wootton, J Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem Function; Intertidal; Mytilus; Resilience; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARKOV CHAIN; RESILIENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS;

EID: 3843089367     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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