Interaction strengths in food webs: Issues and opportunities

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 585-598

  Berlow, Eric L ^a,b   Neutel, Anje Margiet ^c   Cohen, Joel E ^d   De Ruiter, Peter C ^c   Ebenman, Bo ^e   Emmerson, Mark ^f   Fox, Jeremy W ^g   Jansen, Vincent A A ^h   Jones, J Iwan ⁱ   Kokkoris, Giorgos D ^j   Logofet, Dmitrii O ^k   Mckane, Alan J ^l   Montoya, Jose M ^m   Petchey, Owen ⁿ  

^a Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^k IFARAN   (Russian Federation)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^m INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Ecological networks; Interaction strength; Keystone species; Population dynamics; Stability

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 2342472037     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00833.x     Document Type: Review

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