Food web effects of prey size refugia: Variable interactions and alternative stable equilibria

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 559-570

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable equilibria; Food webs; Productivity; Size refugia

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; PREDATION RISK; PRODUCTIVITY; REFUGE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0033380552     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303260     Document Type: Article

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