The ecology and mechanisms of overflow-mediated dispersal in a rock-pool metacommunity

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1161-1172

  Pellowe Wagstaff, Kara E ^a   Simonis, Joseph L ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Food web dynamics; Metapopulation; Population variability; Temporary pools

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; HEXAPODA; TRICHOCORIXA;

EID: 84897960462     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12337     Document Type: Article

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