Species-level and community-level responses to disturbance: A cross-community analysis

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1717-1723

  Supp, Sarah R ^a   Ernest, S K Morgan ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Community properties; Compensatory dynamics; Disturbance; Resilience; Richness; Species populations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EVENNESS;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84904291963     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2250.1     Document Type: Article

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