The evolution and maintenance of omnivory: Dynamic constraints and the role of food quality

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2557-2567

  Diehl, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Conversion efficiency; Food web; Interference competition; Intraguild predation; Invasibility; Nutritional quality; Omnivory; Population model; Predation; Resource competition; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; OMNIVORY; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 0348134718     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0399     Document Type: Review

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