Biodiversity effects of ecosystem engineers are stronger on more complex ecosystem processes

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1977-1985

  Caliman, Adriano ^a,c   Carneiro, Luciana S ^a,c   Leal, Joao J F ^a   Farjalla, Vinicius F ^a   Bozelli, Reinaldo L ^a   Esteves, Francisco A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Nucleo de Pesquisas em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Socio Ambiental de Macae ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Bioturbation; Complementarity effects; Ecosystem functioning; Habitat coupling; Idiosyncratic effects; Niche partitioning; Nutrient cycling; Sampling effects; Species composition; Species richness; Transgressive overyielding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTURBATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884858941     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1385.1     Document Type: Article

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