Interactions between frequency and size of disturbance affect competitive outcomes

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 783-791

  Miller, Adam ^a   Reilly, Dan ^b   Bauman, Spenser ^a   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Disturbance aspects; Extent; Frequency; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84864385398     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0954-4     Document Type: Article

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