Why species matter: An experimental assessment of assumptions and predictive ability of two functional-group models

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2055-2061

  Fong, Caitlin R ^a   Fong, Peggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Community ecology; Cook's Bay; Coral Reefs; French Polynesia; Functional equivalence; Functional groups; Herbivory; Mesocosm and field experiments; Mo'orea; Model assumptions; Model predictions; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; EUKARYOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905652791     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1557.1     Document Type: Article

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