Mixing of supersaturated assemblages and the precipitous loss of species

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-175

  Roelke, Daniel L ^a   Eldridge, Peter M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Harmful algal blooms; Metacommunity; Nonhierarchical competition; Rock paper scissors; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIODIVERSITY; CICHLID; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; PLANKTON; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS; THROUGHFLOW;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; CICHLIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 40049103899     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524955     Document Type: Article

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