Propagation of permanent perturbations in food chains and food webs

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 225-235

  Van Den Berg, Hugo Antontus ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bottom up:top down propagation; Ecosystem disturbance; Ecosystem flux analysis; Food chains; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; MODELLING;

EID: 0032055237     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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