Water availability directly determines per capita consumption at two trophic levels

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1463-1469

  Mccluney, Kevin E ^a   Sabo, John L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Per capita interaction strength; Physiological ecology; Water availability; Water web

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARIDITY; CANID; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CRICKET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; GRYLLIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; GRYLLIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 67449161805     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1626.1     Document Type: Article

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