Faunal impact on vegetation structure and ecosystem function in mangrove forests: A review

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-200

  Cannicci, Stefano ^a   Burrows, Damien ^b   Fratini, Sara ^a   Smith III, Thomas J ^c   Offenberg, Joachim ^d   Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant; Herbivorous insect; Leaf damage; Mangrove crab; Mangrove gastropod; Propagule predation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BURROWING; CRAB; DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GASTROPOD; LEAF; MANGROVE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 45049087759     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.01.009     Document Type: Review

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