The consequences of consumer diversity loss: Different answers from different experimental designs

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2879-2888

  Byrnes, Jarrett E ^a,b,c   Stachowicz, John J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive design; Biodiversity ecosystem function; Bodega bay; California; Fouling community; Intraguild predation; Multiple predator effects; Replacement design; Species interactions; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FOULING ORGANISM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SESSILE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

BODEGA HARBOR; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349941051     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1073.1     Document Type: Article

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