Body-size determinants of niche overlap and intraguild predation within a complex food web

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1063-1074

  Woodward, Guy ^a,b   Hildrew, Alan G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Coexistence; Feeding cycles; Food webs; Mutual predation; Omnivory; Polyphagy; Size spectra; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD WEB; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NICHE OVERLAP; STREAM; TROPHIC STATUS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036850212     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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