Ecosystem engineering by seagrasses interacts with grazing to shape an intertidal landscape.

Self-facilitation through ecosystem engineering (i.e., organism modification of the abiotic environment) and consumer-resource interactions are both major determinants of spatial patchiness in ecosystems. However, interactive effects of these two mechanisms on spatial complexity have not been extens...

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Main Authors: Tjisse van der Heide, Johan S Eklöf, Egbert H van Nes, Els M van der Zee, Serena Donadi, Ellen J Weerman, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3414520?pdf=render