Temporal turnover and the maintenance of diversity in ecological assemblages

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1558, 2010, Pages 3611-3620

  Magurran, Anne E ^a   Henderson, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b PISCES CONSERVATION LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Estuarine; Fish; Rank; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TURNOVER;

PISCES;

EID: 78650348100     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0285     Document Type: Article

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