An experimental test of a fundamental food web motif

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1688, 2010, Pages 1743-1749

  Rip, Jason M K ^a   McCann, Kevin S ^a   Lynn, Denis H ^a   Fawcett, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interaction strength; Module; Motif; Stability; Weak interactions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

EID: 77953507610     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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