Turbulent dispersal promotes species coexistence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-371

  Berkley, Heather A ^a,b   Kendall, Bruce E ^a   Mitarai, Satoshi ^a   Siegel, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Fluid dynamics; Larval dispersal; Spatial storage effect; Stable coexistence mechanisms; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949877305     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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