The effects of energy input, immigration and habitat size on food web structure: A microcosm experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 764-770

  Spencer, Matthew ^a,b   Warren, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web structure; Habitat size; Immigration; Productivity; Protista

Indexed keywords

ENERGY INPUT; FOOD WEB; HABITAT SIZE; IMMIGRATION; MICROCOSM;

EID: 0030300997     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329053     Document Type: Article

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