Long-Term Dynamics of a Well-Characterised Food Web. Four Decades of Acidification and Recovery in the Broadstone Stream Model System

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2011, Pages 69-117

  Layer, Katrin ^a   Hildrew, Alan G ^a   Jenkins, Gareth B ^a   Riede, Jens O ^a   Rossiter, Stephen J ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Woodward, Guy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ecological network; Generalism; Long term demography; Population genetics; Recovery; Stability; Stable isotope analysis; Stream ecology; Top predator; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958805226     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374794-5.00002-X     Document Type: Book

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