Realistic losses of rare species disproportionately impact higher trophic levels

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 461-467

  Bracken, Matthew E S ^a   Low, Natalie H N ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Consumer; Cornerstone species; Herbivory; Rare species; Rocky intertidal; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORY; RARE SPECIES; ROCKY SHORE; SEAWEED; SESSILE SPECIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWEED;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; SEAWEED;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859436389     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01758.x     Document Type: Article

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