Facilitative Effect of a Generalist Herbivore on the Recovery of a Perennial Alga: Consequences for Persistence at the Edge of Their Geographic Range

Moisés A. Aguilera; Nelson Valdivia; Bernardo R. Broitman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146069

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Facilitative Effect of a Generalist Herbivore on the Recovery of a Perennial Alga: Consequences for Persistence at the Edge of Their Geographic Range

Moisés A. Aguilera ,

* E-mail: moises.aguilera@ceaza.cl

Current address: Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile

Affiliation Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Universidad Católica del Norte, Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile
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Nelson Valdivia,

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja s/n,Valdivia, Chile
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Bernardo R. Broitman

Affiliation Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Universidad Católica del Norte, Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile
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Facilitative Effect of a Generalist Herbivore on the Recovery of a Perennial Alga: Consequences for Persistence at the Edge of Their Geographic Range

Moisés A. Aguilera,
Nelson Valdivia,
Bernardo R. Broitman

Published: December 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146069

About the Authors

Moisés A. Aguilera

* E-mail: moises.aguilera@ceaza.cl

Current address: Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile

Affiliation Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Universidad Católica del Norte, Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile

Nelson Valdivia

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja s/n,Valdivia, Chile

Bernardo R. Broitman

Affiliation Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Universidad Católica del Norte, Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAA. Performed the experiments: MAA. Analyzed the data: MAA NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAA NV BB. Wrote the paper: MAA NV BB.

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