This paper reviews recent knowledge about the functional roles that herbivores have in intertidal communities in Chile. Specifically, I review field and laboratory studies dealing with the food preferences of herbivores, the responses of algae to herbivore attacks and reports of negative and positive functional effects of herbivores on algal populations and communities. Most herbivores studied are characterized as generalist species. Green ephemeral and a few corticated algae dominate diets, while all species considered ingest larvae and post-metamorphic stages of invertebrates challenging classical characterizations of the herbivore guild. Functional redundancy and complementarity within the herbivore guild is discussed in relation to both...
Abstract: The feeding behavior of algal consumers inhabiting sandy beaches and the consequences of t...
The effects of predators on the density of prey and their resources have been widely studied; howeve...
Understanding the impacts of consumers on the abundance, growth rate, recovery and per-sistence of t...
There is a general consensus that marine herbivores can affect algal species composition and abundan...
There is a general consensus that marine herbivores can affect algal species composition and abundan...
<div><p>Understanding the impacts of consumers on the abundance, growth rate, recovery and persisten...
Many different types of marine benthic herbivores or “grazers” inhabit coastal intertidal zones and ...
Overfishing of reef ecosystems poses a threat to key trophic interactions that regulate the food com...
Plant–herbivore interactions are critical for the functioning of ecosystems, particularly when habit...
Amongst the many ecological processes that can have an influence on community structure within marin...
Primary producers such as plants and macroalgae can vary in palatability to their herbivorous grazer...
El rol e impacto de los herbívoros en la trama trófica de comunidades intermareales rocosas podría s...
Overall, this thesis aims at approaching macrophyte herbivory and community ecology from a behaviour...
The role of consumer-resource relationship is the basis of the structure and functioning of ecologic...
Plant–herbivore interactions are critical for the functioning of ecosystems, particularly when habit...
Abstract: The feeding behavior of algal consumers inhabiting sandy beaches and the consequences of t...
The effects of predators on the density of prey and their resources have been widely studied; howeve...
Understanding the impacts of consumers on the abundance, growth rate, recovery and per-sistence of t...
There is a general consensus that marine herbivores can affect algal species composition and abundan...
There is a general consensus that marine herbivores can affect algal species composition and abundan...
<div><p>Understanding the impacts of consumers on the abundance, growth rate, recovery and persisten...
Many different types of marine benthic herbivores or “grazers” inhabit coastal intertidal zones and ...
Overfishing of reef ecosystems poses a threat to key trophic interactions that regulate the food com...
Plant–herbivore interactions are critical for the functioning of ecosystems, particularly when habit...
Amongst the many ecological processes that can have an influence on community structure within marin...
Primary producers such as plants and macroalgae can vary in palatability to their herbivorous grazer...
El rol e impacto de los herbívoros en la trama trófica de comunidades intermareales rocosas podría s...
Overall, this thesis aims at approaching macrophyte herbivory and community ecology from a behaviour...
The role of consumer-resource relationship is the basis of the structure and functioning of ecologic...
Plant–herbivore interactions are critical for the functioning of ecosystems, particularly when habit...
Abstract: The feeding behavior of algal consumers inhabiting sandy beaches and the consequences of t...
The effects of predators on the density of prey and their resources have been widely studied; howeve...
Understanding the impacts of consumers on the abundance, growth rate, recovery and per-sistence of t...