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Complex Species Interactions and the Dynamics of Ecological Systems: Long-Term Experiments

Brown, James H., Whitham, Thomas G., Morgan Ernest, S. K., Gehring, Catherine A.·2001·Science

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Studies that combine experimental manipulations with long-term data collection reveal elaborate interactions among species that affect the structure and dynamics of ecosystems. Research programs in U.S. desert shrubland and pinyon-juniper woodland have shown that (i) complex dynamics of species populations reflect interactions with other organisms and fluctuating climate; (ii) genotype x environment interactions affect responses of species to environmental change; (iii) herbivore-resistance traits of dominant plant species and impacts of “keystone” animal species cascade through the system to affect many organisms and ecosystem processes; and (iv) some environmental perturbations can cause wholesale reorganization of ecosystems because they exceed the ecological tolerances of dominant or keystone species, whereas other changes may be buffered because of the compensatory dynamics of complementary species.

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Authors
Brown, J. H., Whitham, T. G., Morgan Ernest, S. K., & Gehring, C. A.
Venue
Science
Published
2001-07-27
Volume
293
Issue
5530
Pages
643-650
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2044488814
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398
References
3
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Type
journal article
Language
en
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Brown, J. H., Whitham, T. G., Morgan Ernest, S. K., & Gehring, C. A. (2001). Complex Species Interactions and the Dynamics of Ecological Systems: Long-Term Experiments. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.293.5530.643

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