Food web structure and the strength of transient indirect effects

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-226

  Fox, Jeremy W ^a   Olsen, Erik ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; MICROCOSM;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; COLPIDIUM; DIDINIUM; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0033863326     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900202.x     Document Type: Article

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