Does food web complexity eliminate trophic-level dynamics?

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1001-1007

  Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^a   Hairston Sr , Nelson G ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030620322     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286035     Document Type: Note

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