Island and island-like marine environments

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 831-846

  Dawson, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; dispersal; drift; ecology; equilibrium; evolution; general dynamic model; island biogeography; marine biogeography; selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ISLAND; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SELECTION;

EID: 84975117222     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12314     Document Type: Article

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