Disentangling the role of connectivity, environmental filtering, and spatial structure on metacommunity dynamics

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1401-1410

  Moritz, C ^a,b,c   Meynard, C N ^d   Devictor, V ^e   Guizien, K ^a,b   Labrune, C ^a,b   Guarini, J M ^a,b   Mouquet, N ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84890858308     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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