Feeding by omnivores increases food available to consumers

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-320

  Iwai, Noriko ^a   Kagaya, Takashi ^a   Alford, Ross A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DETRITUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; FROG; LARVA; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OMNIVORY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGENERATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84855914807     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20128.x     Document Type: Article

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