Testing hypotheses of trophic level interactions: A boreal forest ecosystem

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-328

  Sinclair, A R E ^a   Krebs, C J ^a   Fryxell, J M ^b   Turkington, R ^a   Boutin, S ^c   Boonstra, R ^d   Seccombe Hett, P ^a   Lundberg, P ^e   Oksanen, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0034063657     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890213.x     Document Type: Article

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