Consumer diversity across kingdoms supports multiple functions in a coastal ecosystem

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 20621-20626

  Hensel, Marc J S ^a   Silliman, Brian R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungus; Litoraria irrorata; Multifunctionality; Sesarma reticulatum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATERS; CRAB; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; FUNGICIDE APPLICATION; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SALT MARSH; SNAIL;

EID: 84890838491     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312317110     Document Type: Article

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