Some implications of direct positive interactions for community species diversity

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1990-2003

  Hacker, Sally D ^a,c   Gaines, Steven D ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory mortality hypothesis; Functional group; Interaction web; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Keystone species; Physical stress and disturbance; Positive interactions; Predation; Salt marsh; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIRECT POSITIVE INTERACTION; MODELLING; MUTUALISM; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 0031284550     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1990:SIODPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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