Dispersal decreases diversity in heterogeneous metacommunities by enhancing regional competition

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2022-2033

  Matthiessen, Birte ^a   Mielke, Erik ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Competition; Dispersal; Diversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Evenness; Metacommunity; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METAPOPULATION; MICROALGA; NICHE PARTITIONING; PATCHINESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIATOM; LIGHT; SEA; WATER FLOW; EUKARYOTE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIATOMS; LIGHT; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER MOVEMENTS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77954587569     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1395.1     Document Type: Article

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