Genetic variation, predator-prey interactions and food web structure

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1569, 2011, Pages 1425-1437

  Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; Food web robustness and stability; Genetic variation and diversity; Growth rate and phenology; Individual variation; Multivariate phenotypes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD WEB; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAPOPULATION; OMNIVORY; PHENOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953765705     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0241     Document Type: Article

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