Habitat modification and refuge from sublethal stress drive a marine plant-herbivore association

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2837-2849

  Burnaford, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat modification; Hedophyllum sessile; Hsp70; Katharina tunicata; Pacific Northwest (USA); Positive interactions; Rocky intertidal

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REFUGE; SHADING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHITON; EUKARYOTA; HEDOPHYLLUM; HEDOPHYLLUM SESSILE; KATHARINA; KATHARINA TUNICATA; POLYPLACOPHORA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 7544233779     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0113     Document Type: Article

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