Predicting population and community dynamics: The type of aggregation matters

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 563-571

  Meyer, Katrin M ^a,b   Schiffers, Katja ^c,d   Münkemüller, Tamara ^e,f   Schädler, Martin ^g   Calabrese, Justin M ^e,k   Basset, Alberto ^h   Breulmann, Marc ^e   Duquesne, Sabine ^e   Hidding, Bert ^a   Huth, Andreas ^e   Schöb, Christian ⁱ   van de Voorde, Tess F J ^a,j  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^g PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body size class; Functional type; Genotype; Organizational level; Pattern process relationship; Phenotype; Scales; Species; Study design; Trophic guild

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649444259     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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