Predation on mutualists can reduce the strength of trophic cascades

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1173-1178

  Knight, Tiffany M ^a   Chase, Jonathan M ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^b   Holt, Robert D ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Indirect effects; Meta analysis; Pollination success; Predator removal; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MUTUALISM; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPEPOD; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COPEPODA; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749993992     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00967.x     Document Type: Review

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