Diversity-disturbance relationships: Frequency and intensity interact

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 768-771

  Hall, Alex R ^a,b   Miller, Adam D ^c   Leggett, Helen C ^a,d   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^e   Buckling, Angus ^d   Shea, Katriona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Microcosm; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROCOSM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84866657282     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0282     Document Type: Article

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