Bottom-up dynamics of allochthonous input: Direct and indirect effects of seabirds on islands

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3117-3132

  Sanchez Pinero, F ^a   Polis, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous nutrient input; Food webs, donor control; Gulf of California, Mexico; Island ecology; Nutrients; Seabirds; Spatial subsidies; Tenebrionid beetles

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BEETLE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISLAND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEABIRD;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0033732750     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3117:BUDOAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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