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Survival of the weakest: increased frond mechanical strength in a wave-swept kelp inhibits self-pruning and increases whole-plant mortality

  1. Kyle W. Demes1,*,
  2. Jonathan N. Pruitt2,
  3. Christopher D.G. Harley1,
  4. Emily Carrington3

Article first published online: 14 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12067

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Functional Ecology

Functional Ecology

Volume 27, Issue 2, pages 439–445, April 2013

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Demes, K. W., Pruitt, J. N., Harley, C. D.G., Carrington, E. (2013), Survival of the weakest: increased frond mechanical strength in a wave-swept kelp inhibits self-pruning and increases whole-plant mortality. Functional Ecology, 27: 439–445. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12067

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  2. 2

    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

  3. 3

    Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, USA

*Corresponding author. E-mail: demes@zoology.ubc.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 MAR 2013
  2. Article first published online: 14 FEB 2013
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 JAN 2013
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 AUG 2012

Funded by

  • Stephen and Ruth Wainwright fellowship
  • National Science Foundation. Grant Numbers: OCE-0752523, EF-1041213
  • Canadian Ministry of the Environment. Grant Number: 104149

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