Invulnerable prey and the paradox of enrichment

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1125-1133

  Abrams, Peter A ^a   Walters, Carl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional response; Paradox of enrichment; Predator; Prey; Refuges; Spatial heterogeneity; Stability

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM; PREY VULNERABILITY;

EID: 0030403458     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265581     Document Type: Article

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