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Predator Dispersal Determines the Effect of Connectivity on Prey Diversity

Linking local communities to a metacommunity can positively affect diversity by enabling immigration of dispersal-limited species and maintenance of sink populations. However, connectivity can also negatively affect diversity by allowing the spread of strong competitors or predators. In a microcosm...

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Autores principales: Limberger, Romana, Wickham, Stephen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3241694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22194992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029071