Pulsed resources and community dynamics of consumers in terrestrial ecosystems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 232-237

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Keesing, Felicia ^a,b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

BIOMASS; CONSUMER; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

EID: 0034212458     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01862-0     Document Type: Review

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