Herbivore cross-scale redundancy supports response diversity and promotes coral reef resilience

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 646-655

  Nash, Kirsty L ^a   Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Jennings, Simon ^b,c   Wilson, Shaun K ^d,e   Bellwood, David R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

body size; coral reef management; ecosystem processes; fisheries; functional diversity; herbivory; trait

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; COMPENSATION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; BLEACHING; EVALUATION; RECOVERY; RESILIENCE; SITES; SYNTHESIS; VARIANCE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84928348034     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12430     Document Type: Article

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