Biodiversity and persistence of ecological communities in variable environments

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Borrvall, Charlotte ^a   Ebenman, Bo ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community persistence; Ecological community; Environmental stochasticity; Extinction; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449145863     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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