When small changes matter: The role of cross-scale interactions between habitat and ecological connectivity in recovery

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 226-238

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a   Lohrer, Andrew M ^a   Chiaroni, Luca D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

diversity; Colonization; Connectivity; Cumulative effects; Disturbance; Kawau Bay, North Island, New Zealand; Macrobenthic marine community; Metacommunity; Recovery; Resilience

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MACROBENTHOS; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUCKLAND; KAWAU ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NEW ZEALAND; SEA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANS AND SEAS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875801234     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0793.1     Document Type: Article

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