Community ecology: Diversity and dynamics over time

Community Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-116

  Rull, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community assembly; Community responses; Conservation; Ecological time scales; Latitudinal gradient; Stability; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LATITUDE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84862124275     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.13.2012.1.13     Document Type: Article

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