Partitioning the effects of an ecosystem engineer: Kangaroo rats control community structure via multiple pathways

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 667-678

  Prugh, Laura R ^a,b   Brashares, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition; Dipodomys; Ecosystem engineer; Facilitation; Food web; Habitat modification; Indirect effects; Keystone species; Trophic effects

Indexed keywords

BURROW; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; INVERTEBRATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LIZARD; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; SEMIARID REGION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS INGENS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859582585     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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