A test of the cross-scale resilience model: Functional richness in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-182

  Wardwell, Donald A ^a   Allen, Craig R ^a   Peterson, Garry D ^b   Tyre, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Discontinuity; Diversity; Gap rarity index; Scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 44349085498     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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