Ecological Resistance - Why Mechanisms Matter: A Reply to Sundstrom et al.

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 413-414

  Connell, Sean D ^a   Nimmo, Dale G ^b   Ghedini, Giulia ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^c   Bennett, Andrew F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84962731755     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.03.015     Document Type: Letter

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