Internally driven alternation of functional traits in a multispecies predator- prey system

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1748-1762

  Tirok, Katrin ^a,b   Gaedke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Compensatory dynamics; Ecosystem function; Food web model; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Stability; Trade offs; Variability

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; CILIATE; COEXISTENCE; COMPENSATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD SELECTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CILIATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CILIOPHORA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

BODENSEE;

ALGAE; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 77953260963     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1052.1     Document Type: Article

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