Consumer-resource body-size relationships in natural food webs

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2411-2417

  Brose, Ulrich ^a,b   Jonsson, Tomas ^c   Berlow, Eric L ^a,b,d   Warren, Philip ^e   Banasek Richter, Carolin ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^f   Blanchard, Julia L ^g   Brey, Thomas ^h   Carpenter, Stephen R ⁱ   Blandenier, Marie France Cattin ^j   Cushing, Lara ^b   Dawah, Hassan A ^k   Dell, Tony ^l   Edwards, Francois ^m   Harper Smith, Sarah ⁿ   Jacob, Ute ^h   Ledger, Mark E ^m   Martinez, Neo D ^b   Memmott, Jane ^o   Mintenbeck, Katja ^h   Pinnegar, John K ^g   Rall, Björn C ^a   Rayner, Thomas S ^l   Reuman, Daniel C ^p   Ruess, Liliane ^q   Ulrich, Werner ^r   Williams, Richard J ^b,t   Woodward, Guy ^s   Cohen, Joel E ^p   more..

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f Department of Biology   (Switzerland)

^g CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^h ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j Zoological Institute   (Switzerland)

^k KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^l JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^q UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^r NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^s QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Allometry; Body length; Body mass; Body size ratio; Food webs; Parasitoid host; Predation; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BODY SIZE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; FOOD WEB; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749990079     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2411:CBRINF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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