Hi Brittany, Here are a few that can get you started:
Badano, et al. (2010) Predicting effects of ecosystem engineering on species richness along primary productivity gradients. Acta Oecologica 36:4654 Badano & Cavieres (2006) Ecosystem engineering across ecosystems: do engineer species sharing common features have generalized or idiosyncratic effects on species diversity? Journal of Biogeography 33:304313 Marquis & Lill (2010) Impact of plant architecture versus leaf quality on attack by leaf-tying caterpillars on five oak species. Oecologia 163:203 213 Rosell et al. (2005) Ecological impact of beavers Castor fiber and Castor canadensis and their ability to modify ecosystems. Mammal Review 35:248276 Wright et al. (2003) Local vs. landscape controls on plant species richness in beaver meadows. Ecology 84:31623173 In addition, I think some of the original work of Jones and Lawton also cover this issue conceptually. Hope this helps. George On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:38:16 -0400, Brittany Huntington <[email protected]> wrote: >Ecologgers: > >I am stumped with my literature searches to unearth papers on the >response of ecosystem engineers (richness and abundance) to metrics of >habitat heterogeneity. In particular, I am interested in defining habitat >heterogeneity with regards to spatial landscape metrics of habitat >composition and configuration, and structural complexity. > >I realize that by their very definition, ecosystem engineers create and >maintain the complex habitats that other species depend upon. However, I >am interested in references that investigate how important habitat >heterogeneity is to the foundation species themselves? > >I work in coral communities myself but am interested in analogous >multi-species assemblages from the terrestrial world of habitat >engineers/foundation species (i.e. forest tree communities; grassland >communities). > >Any leads to work assessing the influence of configuration or composition >of habitat patches on foundation species/engineers would be appreciated! > >Thank you, >Brittany > > > > >Brittany Huntington >Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries >Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science >University of Miami >4600 Rickenbacker Causeway >Miami, FL 33149 >=========================================================================
