How recruitment, intraspecific interactions, and predation control species borders in a tidal estuary

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 492-502

  Leonard, George H ^a,b   Ewanchuk, Patrick J ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependent foraging; Flow mediated recruitment; New England rocky intertidal zone; Positive interactions; Species borders

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES;

CARCINUS MAENAS; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES;

EID: 0032921575     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050752     Document Type: Article

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