Predation leads to assembly rules in fragmented fish communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 663-671

  Englund, Göran ^a   Johansson, Frank ^a   Olofsson, Patrik ^b   Salonsaari, Juha ^c   Öhman, Johanna ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens Län   (Sweden)

^c Länsstyrelsen i Södermanlands Län   (Sweden)

^d Enetjärn Natur AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Co occurrence; Extinction; Fragmentation; Habitat suitability; Piscivory; Predation; Winter kill

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION; FISH; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PISCIVORE; PISCIVORY; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHALLOW WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 66749127418     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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