Diversity-stability relationships in multitrophic systems: An empirical exploration

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 713-724

  Amarasekare, Priyanga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Diversity; Exploitative competition; Host parasitoid; Interference; Multitrophic interactions; Stability

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

MURGANTIA; MURGANTIA HISTRIONICA; OOENCYRTUS; OOENCYRTUS JOHNSONII; TRISSOLCUS; TRISSOLCUS MURGANTIAE;

EID: 0042697531     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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