Community-level density dependence: An example from a shallow coral assemblage

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 506-516

  Tanner, Jason E ^a   Hughes, Terence P ^b   Connell, Joseph H ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community dynamics; Competition; Coral reefs; Density dependence; Disturbance; Great Barrier Reef; Matrix model

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 63849152577     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0399.1     Document Type: Article

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