Food-web composition affects cross-ecosystem interactions and subsidies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1122-1131

  Romero, Gustavo Q ^a,c   Srivastava, Diane S ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allochthonous subsides; Density compensation; Ecosystem functioning; Indirect facilitation; Predator hunting mode

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FACILITATION; FOOD WEB; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BROMELIACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

EID: 79952013706     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01716.x     Document Type: Article

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