Stronger predation in the tropics shapes species richness patterns in marine communities

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 983-993

  Freestone, Amy L ^a,b   Osman, Richard W ^b   Ruiz, Gregory M ^b   Torchin, Mark E ^c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Coexistence; Diversity; Latitude; Local; Marine invertebrates; Predation; Regional; Scale; Species richness; Temperate; Tropic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; GUILD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMESCALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955659297     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2379.1     Document Type: Article

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