Fish community reassembly after a coral mass mortality: higher trophic groups are subject to increased rates of extinction

Since Gleason and Clements, our understanding of community dynamics has been influenced by theories emphasising either dispersal or niche assembly as central to community structuring. Determining the relative importance of these processes in structuring real‐world communities remains a challenge. We...

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Published in:	Ecology letters Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 451 - 461
Main Authors:	Alonso, David, Pinyol-Gallemí, Aleix, Alcoverro, Teresa, Arthur, Rohan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2015
Subjects:	Animals Anthozoa Archipelagoes Biodiversity Biogeography community structure Coral reef fish communities Coral Reefs corals dispersal community assembly Endangered & extinct species Extinction Extinction, Biological fish communities Fishes - classification MacArthur and Wilson island biogeography model validation Models, Biological Mortality niche community assembly Population Dynamics post-disturbance community reassembly Predators Species extinction stochastic extinction-colonisation models Stochastic models stochastic processes trophic island biogeography MacArthur and Wilson island biogeography dispersal community assembly stochastic extinction-colonisation models post-disturbance community reassembly trophic island biogeography Coral reef fish communities niche community assembly
ISSN:	1461-023X, 1461-0248, 1461-0248
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