The refuge concept extends to plants as well: Storage, buffers and regrowth in variable environments

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-483

  Owen Smith, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REGROWTH;

EID: 41149158172     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16310.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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