Negative and matrix-dependent effects of dispersal corridors in an experimental metacommunity

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-82

  Strom, Jens A ^a   Part, Tomas ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Dispersal corridor; Disturbance; Environmental quality; Fragmentation; Matrix quality; Metacommunity; Micro ecosystem; Microarthropods; Oribatid mites

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; REMEDIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ACARI; BRYOPHYTES; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84876126295     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1795.1     Document Type: Article

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