Prey preference by a top predator and the stability of linked food chains

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-14

  Post, David M ^a,b   Conners, M Elizabeth ^a   Goldberg, Debra S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Food chain; Food web; Functional response; Predation; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE;

EID: 0033951959     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0008:PPBATP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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