Resource quantity and quality determine the inter-specific associations between ecosystem engineers and resource users in a cavity-nest web.

While ecosystem engineering is a widespread structural force of ecological communities, the mechanisms underlying the inter-specific associations between ecosystem engineers and resource users are poorly understood. A proper knowledge of these mechanisms is, however, essential to understand how comm...

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Main Authors: Hugo Robles, Kathy Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770574?pdf=render