Effects of taxonomic and trophic aggregation on food web properties

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 272-284

  Sugihara, George ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^a,c   Schoenly, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c Zoological Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Data resolution; Food web scaling laws; Scale invariance

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FOOD WEB ANALYSIS; SCALING BEHAVIOUR; TAXONOMIC AGGREGATION; TROPHIC AGGREGATION;

EID: 0030921817     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050310     Document Type: Article

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