Identity effects dominate the impacts of multiple species extinctions on the functioning of complex food webs

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-179

  Harvey, Eric ^a,c   Seguin, Annie ^a,b   Nozais, Christian ^a   Archambault, Philippe ^b   Gravel, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Food web; Functional groups; Marine and freshwater food webs; Species extinctions; Species identity; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FUCUS; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; FUCUS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84876100618     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0414.1     Document Type: Article

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