A meta-analysis of resource pulse-consumer interactions

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-151

  Yang, Louie H ^a,b   Edwards, Kyle F ^a   Byrnes, Jarrett E ^a,b   Bastow, Justin L ^a,c   Wright, Amber N ^a   Spence, Kenneth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El ni o southern osculation (ENSO); Mast; Multilevel (hierarchical) regression; Numerical response; Outbreak; Predator prey interactions; Resource fluctuation; Resource consumer interactions; Spatiotemporal variability; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MASTING; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649196513     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1996.1     Document Type: Article

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