Constraints on food chain length arising from regional metacommunity dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3042-3049

  Calcagno, Vincent ^a,b   Massol, François ^c,d,e   Mouquet, Nicolas ^a   Jarne, Philippe ^c   David, Patrice ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Colonization; Extinction; Habitat selection; Patch dynamics; Top down control

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION RISK; FOOD CHAIN; HABITAT SELECTION; PATCH DYNAMICS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

EID: 79957608373     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0112     Document Type: Article

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