Is the role of trophic control larger in a stressed ecosystem?

Community Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-146

  Jordan F ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Community control; Crystal River; Ecosystem stress; Keystone species; Trophic flow network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001307307     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.1.2000.2.3     Document Type: Article

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