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SUBMITTER: Verges A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5137712 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vergés Adriana A Doropoulos Christopher C Malcolm Hamish A HA Skye Mathew M Garcia-Pizá Marina M Marzinelli Ezequiel M EM Campbell Alexandra H AH Ballesteros Enric E Hoey Andrew S AS Vila-Concejo Ana A Bozec Yves-Marie YM Steinberg Peter D PD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20161114 48
Some of the most profound effects of climate change on ecological communities are due to alterations in species interactions rather than direct physiological effects of changing environmental conditions. Empirical evidence of historical changes in species interactions within climate-impacted communities is, however, rare and difficult to obtain. Here, we demonstrate the recent disappearance of key habitat-forming kelp forests from a warming tropical-temperate transition zone in eastern Australia ...[more]