Trophic cascades revealed in diverse ecosystems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 483-488

  Pace, Michael L ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Kitchell, James F ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033485835     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01723-1     Document Type: Review

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