Habitat destruction and metacommunity size in pen shell communities

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1175-1182

  Munguia, Pablo ^a,c   Miller, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance and distribution patterns; Disturbance; Diversity; Fragmentation; Marine habitats; Rare species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAPOPULATION; MICROCOSM; MIGRATION; RARE SPECIES; SESSILE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSCA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53949090097     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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