Intermediate-consumer identity and resources alter a food web with omnivory

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-659

  Kneitel, Jamie M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Intermediate consumers; Omnivory; Protozoa; Wyeomyia smithii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; MOSQUITO; OMNIVORY; PROTOZOAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOON; SARRACENIACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOA; SARRACENIACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLPIDIUM; HABROTROCHA ROSA; POTERIOOCHROMONAS; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 34250736045     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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