Selection on stability across ecological scales

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 417-425

  Borrelli, Jonathan J ^a   Allesina, Stefano ^b   Amarasekare, Priyanga ^c   Arditi, Roger ^d   Chase, Ivan ^a   Damuth, John ^e   Holt, Robert D ^f   Logofet, Dmitrii O ^g   Novak, Mark ^h   Rohr, Rudolf P ^d   Rossberg, Axel G ⁱ   Spencer, Matthew ^j   Tran, J Khai ^k   Ginzburg, Lev R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Feasibility; Macroecology; Selection; Stability

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD WEB; MACROECOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84937525495     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.001     Document Type: Review

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