The effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, and community homogenization on resilience in estuaries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Halliday, Jane ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Lohrer, Andrew M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects; Estuaries; Landscape; Macrobenthic community; Mahurangi Harbour, New Zealand; Metacommunity; Recovery; Resilience

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; METAPOPULATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; MAHURANGI HARBOUR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 42149092234     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0436.1     Document Type: Article

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