Abiotic stress and herbivory interact to set range limits across a two-dimensional stress gradient

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1477-1488

  Harley, Christopher D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Herbivory; Intertidal height; Lottia spp.; Mazzaella parksii; Range limits; Species specific responses; Substrate aspect; Transplant experiment; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HERBIVORY; RED ALGA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; LOTTIA; MAZZAELLA; MAZZAELLA CORNUCOPIAE; MAZZAELLA PARKSII; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0345447117     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1477:ASAHIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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