Coupling of canopy and understory food webs by ground-dwelling predators

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1328-1337

  Pringle, Robert M ^a   Fox Dobbs, Kena ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

African savanna ecosystems; Allochthonous fluxes; Dietary reconstructions; Donor control; Food web stability; Interaction strengths; Predator prey interactions; Spatial subsidies; Stable isotopes; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CANOPY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COUPLING; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SAVANNA; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TREES;

ARTHROPODA; GEKKONIDAE; HEXAPODA; POACEAE;

EID: 55649114870     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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