Functional responses of adaptive consumers and community stability with emphasis on the dynamics of plant-herbivore systems

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 773-784

  Schmitz, Oswald J ^a,b   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a   Litman, Sacha ^c,d  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Community dynamics; Functional response; Regulation; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STABILITY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE SYSTEM;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030694806     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018494520794     Document Type: Article

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