Intraguild predation: A widespread interaction related to species biology

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 557-564

  Arim, Matías ^a,b   Marquet, Pablo A ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Community modules; Food webs; Intraguild predation; Null model; Omnivory; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 3042786299     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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