The interaction of cannibalism and omnivory: Consequences for community dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2697-2705

  Rudolf, Volker H W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Community structure and dynamics; Competition; Effect of enrichment; Food web; Intraguild predation; Intraspecific predation; Predator prey interactions; Size structure

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; OMNIVORY; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANNIBALISM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38449122676     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1266.1     Document Type: Article

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