Food web complexity and community dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 813-846

  Polis, Gary A ^a   Strong, Donald R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 0030472660     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285880     Document Type: Article

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