The dynamics of spatially coupled food webs

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 513-523

  McCann, K S ^a   Rasmussen, J B ^b   Umbanhowar, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compartment; Consumer resource interaction; Food web; Foraging; Scale; Space; Stability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 18444369989     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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