Predator diversity enhances secondary production and decreases the likelihood of trophic cascades

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 557-567

  O'Gorman, Eoin J ^a   Enright, Ruth A ^a   Emmerson, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

BEF; Multiple predator effects; Risk reduction; Species richness; Trait mediated indirect interaction

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; GADIFORMES; INVERTEBRATE; IRELAND; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; GADIFORMES; INVERTEBRATES; IRELAND; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLIDA; COPEPODA; GAIDROPSARUS MEDITERRANEUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUS NIGER; GOBIUS PAGANELLUS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; SCORPIONES; SPIRORBIDAE;

EID: 55949114975     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1165-0     Document Type: Article

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