Reconceptualizing synergism and antagonism among multiple stressors

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1538-1547

  Piggott, Jeremy J ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Ecological surprise; Interaction; Stressor; Synergism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926418142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1465     Document Type: Article

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