Cockles, barnacles and ascidians compose a subtidal facilitation cascade with multiple hierarchical levels of foundation species
Abstract Facilitation cascades occur when multiple foundation species in a community are involved in a hierarchy of positive interactions, and consist of a primary facilitator which positively affects secondary facilitators, each supporting a suit of dependent species. There is no theoretical limit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-03-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00260-2 |