Forest fragmentation leads to food web contraction

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-305

  Valladares, Graciela ^a   Cagnolo, Luciano ^a   Salvo, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84855974324     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19671.x     Document Type: Article

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