Dynamics of species interaction strength in space, time and with developmental stage

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1713, 2011, Pages 1804-1813

  Kordas, Rebecca L ^a,b   Dudgeon, Steve ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Non trophic; Ontogeny; Per capita interaction strength; Scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWN ALGA; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCKY SHORE; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; THORACICA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASCOPHYLLUM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MAINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; THORACICA; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; THORACICA;

EID: 79955783083     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2246     Document Type: Article

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