Dynamics of Reciprocal Pulsed Subsidies in Local and Meta-Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-59

  Leroux, Shawn J ^a,b   Loreau, Michel ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; apparent competition; apparent mutualism; exogenous; flows; functioning; predators; regulation; resource pulse; top down control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; APPARENT COMPETITION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HERBIVORE; MUTUALISM; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 84856548565     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9492-0     Document Type: Article

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