Temporal stability of European rocky shore assemblages: Variation across a latitudinal gradient and the role of habitat-formers

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1801-1809

  Bulleri, F ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, L ^b   Cusson, M ^b,c   Maggi, E ^b   Arenas, F ^e   Aspden, R ^f   Bertocci, I ^b,e   Crowe, T P ^d   Davoult, D ^g   Eriksson, B K ^h   Fraschetti, S ⁱ   Gollety C ^f,g   Griffin, J N ^j   Jenkins, S R ^j,k   Kotta, J ^l   Kraufvelin, P ^m   Molis, M ⁿ   Pinto, I Sousa ^e   Terlizzi, A ⁱ   Valdivia, N ^n,o   Paterson, D M ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^j THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^m NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

ⁿ ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROALGA; ROCKY SHORE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYNCHRONY; UNDERSTORY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867743640     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19967.x     Document Type: Article

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