Overall, this thesis aims at approaching macrophyte herbivory and community ecology from a behavioural landscape perspective. Our study system, the seascape mosaic of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows interspersed with sand patches and rocky areas with macroalgal cover, is particularly useful to test sound ecological questions. In essence, the macroherbivore community is made up of just two key species, the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and the fish Sarpa salpa. Both species are generalists and have been found to actively consume seagrass and macroalgae, profoundly altering habitat structure. Moreover, both animals differ in their mobility and in the predation risk they are subjected to, which poses interesting questions on how they wi...
Habitat structure plays an important mediating role in predator-prey interactions. However the effec...
[eng] Our world is subjected to a panoply of drivers of change. In this context, the understanding o...
ABSTRACT: Predation on sea urchins, which are important structuring agents in seagrass communities, ...
The role of consumer-resource relationship is the basis of the structure and functioning of ecologic...
9 páginas,4 figuras, 1 tabla.1. The dominant paradigm of top-down control of ecological communities ...
[eng] Many nearshore temperate coastal ecosystems are strongly regulated by top-down control. This i...
Este artículo contiene 10 páginas, 3 figuras, 2 tablas.Herbivore outbreaks often trigger catastrophi...
Macrophyte systems are globally vulnerable to overgrazing, often shifting precipitously to functiona...
Amongst the many ecological processes that can have an influence on community structure within marin...
Data from: Matrix composition and patch edges influence plant-herbivore interactions in marine lands...
There exists increasing evidence that top-down ecological processes such as herbivory are key in con...
Habitat structure plays an important mediating role in predator-prey interactions. However the effec...
1. Spatially concentrated resources result in patch-based foraging, wherein the detection and choice...
© 1990 American Institute of Biological Sciences. Permalink: http://www.jstor.org/stable/131121
Este artículo contiene 10 páginas, 4 figuras, 1 tabla.1. By modifying how critical ecosystem functio...
Habitat structure plays an important mediating role in predator-prey interactions. However the effec...
[eng] Our world is subjected to a panoply of drivers of change. In this context, the understanding o...
ABSTRACT: Predation on sea urchins, which are important structuring agents in seagrass communities, ...
The role of consumer-resource relationship is the basis of the structure and functioning of ecologic...
9 páginas,4 figuras, 1 tabla.1. The dominant paradigm of top-down control of ecological communities ...
[eng] Many nearshore temperate coastal ecosystems are strongly regulated by top-down control. This i...
Este artículo contiene 10 páginas, 3 figuras, 2 tablas.Herbivore outbreaks often trigger catastrophi...
Macrophyte systems are globally vulnerable to overgrazing, often shifting precipitously to functiona...
Amongst the many ecological processes that can have an influence on community structure within marin...
Data from: Matrix composition and patch edges influence plant-herbivore interactions in marine lands...
There exists increasing evidence that top-down ecological processes such as herbivory are key in con...
Habitat structure plays an important mediating role in predator-prey interactions. However the effec...
1. Spatially concentrated resources result in patch-based foraging, wherein the detection and choice...
© 1990 American Institute of Biological Sciences. Permalink: http://www.jstor.org/stable/131121
Este artículo contiene 10 páginas, 4 figuras, 1 tabla.1. By modifying how critical ecosystem functio...
Habitat structure plays an important mediating role in predator-prey interactions. However the effec...
[eng] Our world is subjected to a panoply of drivers of change. In this context, the understanding o...
ABSTRACT: Predation on sea urchins, which are important structuring agents in seagrass communities, ...