Ecosystem stability in space: α, β and γ variability

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 891-901

  Wang, Shaopeng ^a   Loreau, Michel ^a  

^a Moulis   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity partitioning; Diversity stability relationship; Hierarchical theory; Insurance hypothesis; Metacommunity; Spatial synchrony; Species synchrony; Variability partitioning; Variability area relationship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LANDSCAPE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIVERSITY PARTITIONING; DIVERSITY-STABILITY RELATIONSHIP; ECOSYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL THEORY; INSURANCE HYPOTHESIS; METACOMMUNITY; SPATIAL SYNCHRONY; SPECIES SYNCHRONY; VARIABILITY PARTITIONING; VARIABILITY-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

DIVERSITY PARTITIONING; DIVERSITY-STABILITY RELATIONSHIP; HIERARCHICAL THEORY; INSURANCE HYPOTHESIS; METACOMMUNITY; SPATIAL SYNCHRONY; SPECIES SYNCHRONY; VARIABILITY PARTITIONING; VARIABILITY-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903737741     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12292     Document Type: Article

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