Unifying sources and sinks in ecology and Earth sciences

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 365-379

  Loreau, Michel ^a   Daufresne, Tanguy ^b   Gonzalez, Andrew ^c   Gravel, Dominique ^d   Guichard, Frédéric ^c   Leroux, Shawn J ^e   Loeuille, Nicolas ^f,g   Massol, François ^h,i   Mouquet, Nicolas ^j  

^a Moulis   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^g USC INRA 2031   (France)

^h UR EMAX   (France)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

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Author keywords

Conservation; earth sciences; Ecology; Ecosystems; Evolution; Sink; Source

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84875803611     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12003     Document Type: Article

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