Perturbations alter community convergence, divergence, and formation of multiple community states

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2172-2180

  Houseman, Gregory R ^a,c   Mittelbach, Gary G ^a   Reynolds, Heather L ^a,b   Gross, Katherine L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate states; Community analysis; Community assembly; Dispersion; Disturbance; Fertilization; Grasslands, southwest Michigan, USA; Perturbation; Priority effects

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; PERTURBATION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; ROSACEAE; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROSACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 54549090916     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1228.1     Document Type: Article

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