Strong and weak trophic cascades along a productivity gradient

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-195

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0038582764     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12062.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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