Ecological realism and mechanisms by which diversity begets stability

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-828

  Romanuk, Tamara N ^a   Vogt, Richard J ^b   Kolasa, Jurek ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEIOFAUNA; MICROCOSM; ROCK POOL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

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EID: 66749103178     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17273.x     Document Type: Article

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