You are what you eat...or are you?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 265-266

  Eggers, T ^a   Jones, T H ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; NOTE; SPECIES; THEORY;

EID: 0034053694     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01877-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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