Habitat heterogeneity and activity of an omnivorous ecosystem engineer control stream community dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1799-1810

  Brown, Bryan L ^a   Lawson, Raven L ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate variability; Community temporal variability; Compensation; Compositional variability; Ecosystem engineering; Habitat heterogeneity; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPENSATION; CRAYFISH; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; HABITAT CREATION; HETEROGENEITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGIUM; STREAMWATER; SYNCHRONY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 77953259380     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0350.1     Document Type: Article

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