Long‐term study reveals top‐down effect of crabs on a California salt marsh
Abstract Consumers can structure plant communities and may function as keystone species or ecosystem engineers. In salt marshes, the prevailing paradigm has shifted in recent decades from nearly complete focus on bottom‐up processes to inclusion of top‐down effects. Although the number of studies in...
Main Authors: | Kathryn M. Beheshti, Kerstin Wasson, Christine Angelini, Brian R. Silliman, Brent B. Hughes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-08-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3703 |
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