Predicting the impacts of biological and physical disturbances: Does theoretical ecology hold any answers?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-26

  Death, Russell G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community resilience; Conservation; Disturbance; Local stability; Resource management; Stream invertebrate communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244244736     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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