Stability of pitcher-plant microfaunal populations depends on food web structure

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 146-154

  Trzcinski, M Kurtis ^a   Walde, Sandra J ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; FOOD WEB; PHYTOTELMIC ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BODO; CHIRONOMIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HABROTROCHA; HABROTROCHA ROSA; ROSA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 20444389436     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13633.x     Document Type: Article

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