Prey diversity is associated with weaker consumer effects in a meta-analysis of benthic marine experiments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Edwards, Kyle F ^a   Aquilino, Kristin M ^a   Best, Rebecca J ^a   Sellheim, Kirsten L ^a   Stachowicz, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reef; Ecosystem function; Horizontal diversity; Intertidal; Kelp forest; Subtidal; Top down control; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT TYPE; KELP FOREST; META-ANALYSIS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; META ANALYSIS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 74549172174     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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