The long and short of food-chain length

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 269-277

  Post, David M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036603629     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02455-2     Document Type: Review

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