Journal article
Are natural microcosms useful model systems for ecology?
Abstract
Several recent, high-impact ecological studies feature natural microcosms as tools for testing effects of fragmentation, metacommunity theory or links between biodiversity and ecosystem processes. These studies combine the microcosm advantages of small size, short generation times, contained structure and hierarchical spatial arrangement with advantages of field studies: natural environmental variance, 'openness' and realistic species …
Authors
Srivastava DS; Kolasa J; Bengtsson J; Gonzalez A; Lawler SP; Miller TE; Munguia P; Romanuk T; Schneider DC; Trzcinski MK
Journal
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 379–384
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.tree.2004.04.010
ISSN
0169-5347