Functional groups of ecosystem engineers: A proposed classification with comments on current issues

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-157

  Berke, Sarah K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT;

EID: 77954999545     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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