Combining stable isotope enrichment, compartmental modelling and ecological network analysis for quantitative measurement of food web dynamics

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Lee, Ka Man ^a   Lee, Shing Yip ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Ecosystem function; Trophodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955118062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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