A cross-ecosystem comparison of the strength of trophic cascades

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 785-791

  Shurin, Jonathan B ^a   Borer, Elizabeth T ^b   Seabloom, Eric W ^a   Anderson, Kurt ^b   Blanchette, Carol A ^b   Broitman, Bernardo ^b   Cooper, Scott D ^b   Halpern, Benjamin S ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross system comparison; Indirect effects; Meta analysis; Predation; Top down control; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; META-ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 0036847790     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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