Unexpected effects of predators upon their prey: The case of the american alligator

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-63

  Bondavalli, Cristina ^a,b   Ulanowicz, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Cypress swamps; Ecosystem; Indirect interactions; Network analysis; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033009333     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900057     Document Type: Article

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