Comparability: The key to the applicability of food web research

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Jordan F ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Comparability; Food web; Indirect interaction; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

EID: 20544472689     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/01001018     Document Type: Review

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