Influence of evolution on the stability of ecological communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1536-1545

  Loeuille, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Ecologie des populations et des communautés   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Community stability; Directional selection; Diversity stability debate; Population dynamics stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649542127     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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