Biodiversity conservation in metacommunity networks: Linking pattern and persistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Economo, Evan P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Conservation planning; Metacommunities; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957544153     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659946     Document Type: Article

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