Parallel ecological networks in ecosystems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1524, 2009, Pages 1755-1779

  Olff, Han ^a   Alonso, David ^a   Berg, Matty P ^b   Eriksson, B Klemens ^a   Loreau, Michel ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,d   Rooney, Neil ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecosystem engineers; Food webs; Non trophic interactions; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FOOD WEB; MUTUALISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 67650257976     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0222     Document Type: Article

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