Scale, the dynamic stability of forest ecosystems, and the persistence of biodiversity

Jentsch, Anke; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; White, Peter S.

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Anke Jentsch , Carl Beierkuhnlein, Peter S. White

Scale, the dynamic stability of forest ecosystems, and the persistence of biodiversity

Jentsch A., Beierkuhnlein C., White P. S. (2002). Scale, the dynamic stability of forest ecosystems, and the persistence of biodiversity. Silva Fennica vol. 36 no. 1 article id 570. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.570

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biodiversity; disturbance; multi-patch scale; pattern emergence; resilience; qualitative equilibrium

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Jentsch, Conservation Biology and Ecological Modelling, UFZ – Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, D-04301 Leipzig, Germany E-mail jentsch@pro.ufz.de
Beierkuhnlein, Department of Landscape Ecology, University of Rostock, Justus-Liebig-Weg 6, D-18051 Rostock, Germany E-mail cb@nn.de
White, Department of Biology, Campus Box 3280, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA E-mail psw@nn.us

Received 17 November 2000 Accepted 20 March 2002 Published 31 December 2002

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