Number of trophic levels in ecological communities

Nature

Volumn 268, Issue 5618, 1977, Pages 329-331

  Pimm, S L ^a   Lawton, J H ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENERGY; FOOD; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0017377855     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/268329a0     Document Type: Article

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