Spatiotemporal food web dynamics along a desert riparian-upland transition

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-368

  Soykan, Candan U ^a   Sabo, John L ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESERT; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 66149191305     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05615.x     Document Type: Article

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