Food-web structure and ecosystem services: Insights from the Serengeti

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1524, 2009, Pages 1665-1682

  Dobson, Andy ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Ecosystem service; Ecotourism; Food web; Savanna; Serengeti

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; NATURE CONSERVATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 67650261098     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0287     Document Type: Article

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