Herbivore space use influences coral reef recovery
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Herbivore space use influences coral reef recovery
Herbivores play an important role in marine communities. On coral reefs, the diversity and unique feeding behaviours found within this functional group can have a comparably diverse set of impacts in structuring the benthic community. Here, using a spatially explicit model of herbivore foraging, we explore how the spatial pattern of grazing behaviours impacts the recovery of a reef ecosystem, c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Royal Society Open Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160262