Global change alters the stability of food webs

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 490-501

  Emmerson, Mark ^a   Bezemer, Martijn ^b,c   Hunter, Mark D ^d   Jones, T Hefin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EID: 17044376327     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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