Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1946-1957

  Jones, Clive G ^a,b,c   Lawron, John H ^a   Shachak, Moshe ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cascades, coupled trophic and engineering; Community stability; Ecosystem engineers; Ecosystem function; Feedbacks; Habitat formation and destruction; Population dynamics; Positive and negative effects; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NEGATIVE EFFECT; PHYSICAL STRUCTURE; POSITIVE EFFECT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0031284544     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1946:PANEOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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