Trait vs. phylogenetic diversity as predictors of competition and community composition in herbivorous marine amphipods

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-80

  Best, R J ^a   Caulk, N C ^a   Stachowicz, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community phylogenetics; Dominance; Experiment; Feeding; Marine; Mean Nearest Taxon Distance; Mesocosm; Resource competition; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDICTION; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870932894     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12016     Document Type: Article

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