Local and latitudinal variation in abundance: the mechanisms shaping the distribution of an ecosystem engineer

Ecological processes that determine the abundance of species within ecological communities vary across space and time. These scale-dependent processes are especially important when they affect key members of a community, such as ecosystem engineers that create shelter and food resources for other sp...

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Main Authors: Gregory M. Crutsinger, Angélica L. Gonzalez, Kerri M. Crawford, Nathan J. Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2013-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/100.pdf