Origin of compartmentalization in food webs

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2941-2951

  Guimera R ^a,b,c   Stouffer, D B ^d   Sales Pardo, M ^a,b,c,e   Leicht, E A ^f   Newman, M E J ^g   Amaral, L A N ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of California Davis   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Compartments; Ecological networks; Food web patterns; Food web structure; Food webs; Modularity; Niche

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOOD WEB; NICHE OVERLAP; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957725767     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1175.1     Document Type: Article

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