Energy availability, spatial heterogeneity and ecosystem size predict food-web structure in streams

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-148

  Thompson, R M ^a   Townsend, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444304557     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.11600.x     Document Type: Article

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