Large-Scale Variation in Combined Impacts of Canopy Loss and Disturbance on Community Structure and Ecosystem Functioning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Crowe, Tasman P ^a   Cusson, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Bulleri, Fabio ^b   Davoult, Dominique ^d,e   Arenas, Francisco ^f   Aspden, Rebecca ^g   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^b   Bevilacqua, Stanislao ^h   Davidson, Irvine ^g   Defew, Emma ^g   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^h   Golléty, Claire ^d,e   Griffin, John N ^i,n   Herkül, Kristjan ^j   Kotta, Jonne ^j   Migné, Aline ^d,e   Molis, Markus ^k   Nicol, Sophie K ^a   Noël, Laure M L J ^d,e,i   Pinto, Isabel Sousa ^f   Valdivia, Nelson ^k,l   Vaselli, Stefano ^b,f   Jenkins, Stuart R ^i,m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^k ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^m BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; COMMUNITY RESISTANCE; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUROPE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; ROCK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHODOPHYTA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84879174015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066238     Document Type: Article

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