Phylogenetic constraints and adaptation explain food-web structure

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6977, 2004, Pages 835-839

  Cattin, Marie France ^a   Bersler, Louis Félix ^a,b   Banašek Richter, Carolin ^a   Baltensperger, Richard ^c   Gabriel, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

FOOD WEBS; PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FOOD WEB; MODELING; PHYLOGENETICS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSUMER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHY; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542319083     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02327     Document Type: Article

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