Biomass transformation webs provide a unified approach to consumer-resource modelling

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-124

  Getz, Wayne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Etosha National Park; Food web models; Host parasite; Jackals; Metaphysiological models; Plant herbivore; Prey predator; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CANID; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ELEPHANT; EXPLOITATION; FOOD WEB; METABOLISM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION GROWTH; SCAVENGER; SENESCENCE; SESSILE SPECIES; TIMESCALE; TRANSFORMATION; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ELEPHANT; FOOD CHAIN; HORSE; METABOLISM; NAMIBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ELEPHANTS; EQUIDAE; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAMIBIA; POPULATION GROWTH;

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

EID: 78751684830     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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