Ecosystem assembly rules: The interplay of green and brown webs during salt marsh succession

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2353-2364

  Schrama, Maarten ^a,c   Berg, Matty P ^b   Olff, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Detritivore; Ecosystem assembly rules; Food web; Herbivore; Salt marsh; Schiermonnikoog, The Netherlands; Succession

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DETRITIVORY; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; PHYTOMASS; SALTMARSH; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; DUCKS AND GEESE; FOOD CHAIN; HARE; INVERTEBRATE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; HARES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

FRIESLAND; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS; SCHIERMONNIKOOG; WEST FRISIAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869161570     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1102.1     Document Type: Article

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