Whole-community facilitation regulates biodiversity on patagonian rocky shores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Silliman, Brian R ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^b   Altieri, Andrew H ^b   Griffin, John N ^a   Bazterrica, M Cielo ^c   Hidalgo, Fernando J ^c   Crain, Caitlin M ^b   Reyna, Maria V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Patagonia   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GLOBAL CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDATION; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; BIOTA; BIVALVE; CLIMATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALIA;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOTA; BIVALVIA; CLIMATE; DATA COLLECTION; DESICCATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 80054738616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024502     Document Type: Article

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