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A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought

Droughts are increasing in severity and frequency, yet the mechanisms that strengthen ecosystem resilience to this stress remain poorly understood. Here, we test whether positive interactions in the form of a mutualism between mussels and dominant cordgrass in salt marshes enhance ecosystem resistan...

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Autores principales: Angelini, Christine, Griffin, John N., van de Koppel, Johan, Lamers, Leon P. M., Smolders, Alfons J. P., Derksen-Hooijberg, Marlous, van der Heide, Tjisse, Silliman, Brian R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27534803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12473