Knowledge of predator–prey interactions improves predictions of immigration and extinction in island biogeography

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 900-911

  Cirtwill, Alyssa R ^a   Stouffer, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottom up effects; community assembly; food web; predator prey interactions; species richness; theory of island biogeography; top down effects

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; IMMIGRATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MANGROVE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84933056787     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12332     Document Type: Article

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