Phase locking, the Moran effect and distance decay of synchrony: Experimental tests in a model system

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Fox, Jeremy W ^a   Vasseur, David A ^b   Hausch, Stephen ^a   Roberts, Jodie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Metapopulations; Microcosms; Moran effect; Phase locking; Predator prey cycles; Protists; Spatial synchrony

Indexed keywords

EUPLOTES PATELLA; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 78751693247     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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