Species dispersal rates alter diversity and ecosystem stability in pond metacommunities

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2727-2741

  Howeth, Jennifer G ^a,b   Leibold, Mathew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal rate; Diversity stability; Food web; Hickory Corners; Kellogg biological Station; Lepomis macrochirus; Mass effects; Metacommunity; Michigan; Plankton; predation; Spatial stability; Species sorting; Temporal stability; USA

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; METAPOPULATION; PERCID; POND; PREDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 77956572703     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1004.1     Document Type: Article

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