Disturbance and change in biodiversity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1558, 2010, Pages 3719-3727

  Dornelas, Maria ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diversity; Neutral model; Perturbation; Species richness; Stress; Threat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PERTURBATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 78650402924     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0295     Document Type: Article

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