Food web structure in a tropical stream ecosystem

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-73

  Motta, Rosinês L ^a   Uieda, Virginia S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compartmentalized food web; Food chain length; Food web; Omnivory; Pyramid of number; Spatial variation; Taxonomic resolution; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; EPIPHYTON; PISCES;

EID: 14644393705     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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