Predation inhibits the positive effect of dispersal on intraspecific and interspecific synchrony in pond metacommunities

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2220-2228

  Howeth, Jennifer G ^a   Leibold, Mathew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory dynamics; Dispersal; Metacommunity; Metapopulation; Selective predation; Spatial synchrony; Spatiotemporal heterogeneity; Synchronous dynamics; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MESOCOSM; METAPOPULATION; PERCIFORM; PLANKTIVORE; POND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES; PONDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84886486923     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2066.1     Document Type: Article

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