Temporal variability of ecological niches: A study on intertidal macrobenthic fauna

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 754-760

  Kraan, Casper ^a,b   Aarts, Geert ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^d,e   Dormann, Carsten F ^a,f  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING METHOD; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84876436373     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20418.x     Document Type: Article

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