Effects of connectivity and recurrent local disturbances on community structure and population density in experimental metacommunities.

Metacommunity theory poses that the occurrence and abundance of species is a product of local factors, including disturbance, and regional factors, like dispersal among patches. While metacommunity ideas have been broadly tested there is relatively little work on metacommunities subject to disturban...

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Main Authors: Florian Altermatt, Annette Bieger, Francesco Carrara, Andrea Rinaldo, Marcel Holyoak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019525
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