Local Competition and Metapopulation Processes Drive Long-Term Seagrass-Epiphyte Population Dynamics
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Local Competition and Metapopulation Processes Drive Long-Term Seagrass-Epiphyte Population Dynamics
It is well known that ecological processes such as population regulation and natural enemy interactions potentially occur over a range of spatial scales, and there is a substantial body of literature developing theoretical understanding of the interplay between these processes. However, there are comparatively few studies quantifying the long-term effects of spatial scaling in natural ecosystem...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057072