Understanding the consequences of changing biodiversity on rocky shores: How much have we learned from past experiments?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-204

  Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementary effect; Density dependence; Disturbance; Experimental design; Sampling effect; Species richness; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GASTROPOD; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33749532451     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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