Trophic rank and the species-area relationship

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1495-1504

  Holt, Robert D ^a   Lawton, John H ^b   Polis, Gary A ^c,e   Martinez, Neo D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Generalist; Island; Patch; Specialist; Specialist vs. generalist food webs; Species area; Trophic rank and species area relationship

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 0032818375     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1495:TRATSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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