Alternative mechanisms alter the emergent properties of self-organization in mussel beds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1739, 2012, Pages 2744-2753

  Liu, Quan Xing ^a,b,c   Weerman, Ellen J ^c   Herman, Peter M J ^a,b   Olff, Han ^c   van de Koppel, Johan ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical slowdown; Ecosystem functioning; Emergent property; Mussel beds; Spatial self organization

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84862132703     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0157     Document Type: Article

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