Structural Complexity and component type increase intertidal biodiversity independently of area

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 383-393

  Loke, Lynette H L ^a   Todd, Peter A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Biodiversity; Habitat complexity; Heterogeneity; Niche breadth; Reconciliation ecology resource partitioning; Seawalls; Species area relationship; Topography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE AREA; TOPOGRAPHY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEA; SEAWEED; SINGAPORE; TSUNAMI;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWEED; SINGAPORE; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 84960871881     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0257.1     Document Type: Article

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