Habitat isolation moderates the strength of top-down control in experimental pond food webs

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a   Burgett, Amber A ^a   Biro, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Experimental ponds; Food webs; Habitat isolation; Metacommunity; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISPERSAL; FOOD WEB; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; ISOLATED POPULATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POND; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 77950448118     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0262.1     Document Type: Article

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