Urban structures provide new insights into interactions among grazers and habitat

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 427-438

  Klein, Judith C ^a   Underwood, A J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellana tramoserica; Competition; Habitat; Indirect effect; Intertidal; Limpets; Oysters; Patelloida latistrigata; Seawalls; Urban structures

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN SITE; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; OYSTER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPODA; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OSTREIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBANIZATION;

CELLANA TRAMOSERICA; OSTREIDAE; PATELLIDAE; PATELLOIDA LATISTRIGATA; THORACICA;

EID: 79955125276     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1940.1     Document Type: Article

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