Organismal traits are more important than environment for species interactions in the intertidal zone

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1160-1171

  Wood, Spencer A ^a   Lilley, Stacie A ^b   Schiel, David R ^b   Shurin, Jonathan B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Diversity; Environmental stress; Species interaction strengths; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955941655     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01508.x     Document Type: Article

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