Nestedness, niche metrics and temporal dynamics of a metacommunity in a dynamic natural model system

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1006-1019

  Azeria, Ermias T ^a,b   Kolasa, Jurek ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; METAPOPULATION; NESTEDNESS; NICHE BREADTH; ROCK POOL; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 47749156064     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16529.x     Document Type: Article

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