Ecosystem engineering across ecosystems: Do engineer species sharing common features have generalized or idiosyncratic effects on species diversity?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-313

  Badano, Ernesto I ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andes; Community ecology; Cushion plants; Ecosystem engineers; Species diversity; Species evenness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33645220006     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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