Species effects on ecosystem processes are modified by faunal responses to habitat composition

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 511-520

  Bulling, Mark T ^a   Solan, Martin ^b   Dyson, Kirstie E ^c   Hernandez Milian, Gema ^b   Luque, Patricia ^b   Pierce, Graham J ^b   Raffaelli, Dave ^a   Paterson, David M ^c   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Habitat heterogeneity; Patch dynamics; Species identity

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MUDFLAT; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; INVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETA; SEDIMENT;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPODA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; POLYCHAETA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 55949085712     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1160-5     Document Type: Article

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