Ecosystem consequences of species richness and composition in pond food webs

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6883, 2002, Pages 837-841

  Downing, Amy L ^a,b   Leibold, Mathew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER RESOURCES;

IDIOSYNCRATIC;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD WEB; POND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANKTON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037171779     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416837a     Document Type: Article

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