Simple ecological trade-offs give rise to emergent cross-ecosystem distributions of a coral reef fish

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Grol, Monique G G ^a   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a   Rypel, Andrew L ^b   Layman, Craig A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Life history traits; Nursery; Ontogenetic niche shifts; Predator prey dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANGROVE; NICHE; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRADE-OFF;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 78650736476     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1833-8     Document Type: Article

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