A graphical model of keystone predators in food webs: Trophic regulation of abundance, incidence, and diversity patterns in communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 784-812

  Leibold, Mathew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE PREDATOR; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC REGULATION;

EID: 0030472659     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285879     Document Type: Article

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