Effect of prey heterogeneity on the response of a model food chain to resource enrichment

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-82

  Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a,b   Lenski, Richard E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacteriophage; Edibility; Predation; Ratio dependent models; Resource enrichment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION;

FOOD CHAIN; HETEROGENEITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032987301     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303151     Document Type: Article

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