How many trophic levels are there?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-109

  Matsuno, Koichiro ^a   Nobuaki, Ono ^a,b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ICHINOSEKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD CHAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030596413     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0085     Document Type: Article

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