Greener pastures? High-density feeding aggregations of green turtles precipitate species shifts in seagrass meadows

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1158-1168

  Kelkar, Nachiket ^a   Arthur, Rohan ^a   Marbà, Núria ^b   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a,c  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct and apparent competition; Green turtles; Herbivory pressure; Historical baselines, megaherbivores; Plant herbivore interactions; Seagrass meadows; Seagrass species shifts

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEADOW; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS; TURTLE;

INDIA; LAKSHADWEEP;

CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 84883297162     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12122     Document Type: Article

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