Alteration of island food-web dynamics following major disturbance by hurricanes

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-41

  Spiller, David A ^a   Schoener, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic disturbance; Anolis sagrei; Conocarpus erectus; Food webs; Herbivory; Hurricanes; Leaf damage; Parasitoids; Spiders; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; HURRICANE; ISLAND; LIZARD; PARASITOID; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; COMBRETACEAE; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; COMBRETACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANOLIS SAGREI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34247121297     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[37:AOIFDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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