Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1278-1286

  Darling, Emily S ^a   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Mortality; Multiple stressors; Non additive effects; Synergy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55649090564     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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