Niche picking: The importance of being temporal

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 745-747

  Kelly, Colleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Ecological processes; Niche; Population; Species dynamics; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; NICHE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55649117813     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02670.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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