Spatial variability in plant predation determines the strength of stochastic community assembly

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-179

  Germain, Rachel M ^a,c   Johnson, Laura ^a   Schneider, Stefan ^a   Cottenie, Karl ^a   Gillis, Elizabeth A ^b   MacDougall, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Diversity; Granivory; Herbivory; Niche theory; Priority effects; Small mammals; Stochasticity; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRANIVORY; HERBIVORY; NICHE; PALATABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; HERBIVORY; MAMMALS; ONTARIO; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84880125242     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670928     Document Type: Article

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