Herbivore and predator diversity interactively affect ecosystem properties in an experimental marine community

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 598-608

  Douglass, James G ^a   Duffy, J Emmett ^a   Bruno, John F ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive design; Coexistence; Ecosystem functioning; Herbivore diversity; Macroalgae; Mesograzer; Predator diversity; Replacement design

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 43249123428     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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