Trophic interactions in the phytotelmata communities of the pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea

Community Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Miller, T E ^a   Horth, L ^a   Reeves, R H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic systems; Bacteria; Food webs; Midges; Mites; Mosquitoes; Phytotelmata; Protozoa; Rotifers; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PHYTOTELMIC ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMYIA; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 0036059246     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.3.2002.1.13     Document Type: Article

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