Habitat and scale shape the demographic fate of the keystone sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in Mediterranean macrophyte communities.

Demographic processes exert different degrees of control as individuals grow, and in species that span several habitats and spatial scales, this can influence our ability to predict their population at a particular life-history stage given the previous life stage. In particular, when keystone specie...

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Main Authors: Patricia Prado, Fiona Tomas, Stefania Pinna, Simone Farina, Guillem Roca, Giulia Ceccherelli, Javier Romero, Teresa Alcoverro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335053?pdf=render