Trophic links' length and slope in the Tuesday Lake food web with species' body mass and numerical abundance

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 852-866

  Reuman, Daniel C ^a   Cohen, Joel E ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Cascade model; Food web; Niche model; Numerical abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FOOD WEB;

NORTH AMERICA; TUESDAY LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344570263     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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