Keystone predation and plant species coexistence: The role of carnivore hunting mode

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Calcagno, V ^a   Sun, C ^a,b   Schmitz, O J ^c   Loreau, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Behavior; Dynamical traits; Herbivory; Indirect effects; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78650905236     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657436     Document Type: Article

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