Alternative community compositional and dynamical states: The dual consequences of assembly history

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-585

  Jiang, Lin ^a   Joshi, Hena ^a   Flakes, Sooyung K ^a   Jung, Yeonjin ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative community states; Alternative compositional states; Alternative dynamical states; Alternative stable states; Apparent competition; Community assembly; Community structure; Population dynamics; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERGENCE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCOSM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTIST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CILIATE; FOOD CHAIN; HYMENOSTOMATIDA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CILIOPHORA; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENINA;

PROTISTA;

EID: 79953306444     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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