How does global change affect the strength of trophic interactions?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-514

  Emmerson, Mark ^a   Bezemer, T Martijn ^b,f   Hunter, Mark D ^c   Jones, T Hefin ^d   Masters, Gregory J ^e   Van Dam, Nicole M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CABI   (United Kingdom)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Ecosystems; Food webs; Herbivore; Plant; Predators; Prey; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144231047     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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