Food-web connectance and predator interference dampen the paradox of enrichment

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-213

  Rall, Björn C ^a   Guill, Christian ^a   Brose, Ulrich ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENRICHMENT; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDATOR; SIZE STRUCTURE;

EID: 38649096252     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15491.x     Document Type: Article

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