Trophic control of grassland production and biomass by pathogens

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-155

  Mitchell, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Disease; Ecosystem processes; Host pathogen; Net primary production; Parasites; Productivity; Top down; Trophic regulation; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; PATHOGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CONTROL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

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EID: 0037317043     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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