Time lags and the balance of positive and negative interactions in driving grassland community dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-173

  Farrer, Emily C ^a   Goldberg, Deborah E ^a   King, Aaron A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Competition; Delayed density dependence; Facilitation; Grassland; Time lags

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; GRASSLAND; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76249124615     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649584     Document Type: Article

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