Predators, prey, and transient states in the assembly of spatially structured communities

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-555

  Hein, Andrew M ^a   Gillooly, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Dispersal limitation; Fragmentation; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955537668     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1922.1     Document Type: Article

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