Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1111-1119

  Garcia, Erica A ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^b   Alberti, Juan ^c,d   Silliman, Brian R ^e  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary permeability; Cross ecosystem foraging; Ecosystem engineer; Land water interface; Resource transfer

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANT; CRAB; DIET; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MARINE RESOURCE; PERMEABILITY; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DENSITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ANT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARGENTINA; BRACHYURA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 79960309665     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1952-x     Document Type: Article

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