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Ecosystem engineer

Known as: Ecosystem engineering 
An ecosystem engineer is any organism that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact… 
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2015
2015
Functional relationships reveal keystone effects of the gopher tortoise on vertebrate diversity in a longleaf pine savanna
Keystone species are important drivers of diversity patterns in many ecosystems. Their effects on ecological processes are… 
2014
2014
Livestock redistribute runoff and sediments in semi-arid rangeland areas
Abstract. Semi-arid areas where grazing is the main land use exhibit a "three-phase-mosaic" pattern of dominant surface patches… 
2014
2014
Negative Effects of Azteca Ants on the Distribution of the Termite Neocapritermes braziliensis in Central Amazonia
Termites play important roles in tropical ecosystem functioning, and their evolutionary success has been linked to their defense… 
2013
2013
A Model-Driven Approach to Service Ecosystem Engineering
2009
2009
Oxygen limited thermal tolerance and performance in the lugworm Arenicola marina: A latitudinal comparison
2009
2009
The influence of hypercapnia and the infaunal brittlestar Amphiura filiformis on sediment nutrient flux - will ocean acidification affect nutrient exchange?
Abstract. Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the concomitant increased uptake of this by the oceans is resulting in… 
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2008
Review
2008
Vertebrate fauna associates of the wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus, colonies of Rottnest Island: influence of an ecosystem engineer
Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Puffinus pacificus, engineer the ecosystem by digging burrows in which they nest. This has been… 
2008
2008
Comparative analysis of Andiodrilus pachoensis casts in forests and pastures of South-Eastern Amazon (Brazil)
2006
2006
Ecosystem engineering: beaver and the population structure of Columbia spotted frogs in western Montana
2003
2003
Caddisfly diapause aggregations facilitate benthic invertebrate colonization
Summary 1 We used natural and manipulative field experiments to examine the effects of caddisfly (Trichoptera) diapause… 
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