Small-amplitude cycles emerge from stage-structured interactions in Daphnia-algal systems

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7217, 2008, Pages 1240-1243

  McCauley, Edward ^a   Nelson, William A ^b   Nisbet, Roger M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; HERBIVORE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

EID: 55249113204     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07220     Document Type: Article

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