Spatial and temporal variation in tropical fish trophic networks

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 331-367

  Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Compartmentation; Complexity; Connectance; Costa Rica; Detritus; Food web structure; Link threshold; Llanos; Predation; Primary production; Seasonally; Species richness; Trophic links; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD WEB; LLANOS; STREAM; SWAMP;

COSTA RICA; VENEZUELA;

PISCES;

EID: 0025595013     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1943061     Document Type: Article

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