Richness-productivity relationships between trophic levels in a detritus-based system: Significance of abundance and trophic linkage

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Yee, Donald A ^a,b   Yee, Susan Harrell ^c,d   Kneitel, Jamie M ^e   Juliano, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Consumer; Invertebrate; Productivity; Protozoans; Tree hole; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; INVERTEBRATE; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; ILLINOIS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35948956669     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0837-5     Document Type: Article

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