An experimental test of the response of macroecological patterns to altered species interactions

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2505-2511

  Supp, S R ^a   Xiao, X ^a   Ernest, S K M ^a   White, E P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Macroecology; Species abundance distribution; Species area relationship; Species time relationship

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MACROECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBIVORY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBIVORY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84871816754     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0370.1     Document Type: Review

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