Meta-analysis Shows a Consistent and Strong Latitudinal Pattern in Fish Omnivory Across Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 492-503

  González Bergonzoni, Ivan ^a,b   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,b,c   Davidson, Thomas A ^b,d   Teixeira de Mello, Franco ^a   Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^b   Jeppesen, Erik ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

digestive constraint; fish diet; food webs; herbivory; latitudinal gradient; omnivory; scale invariance; temperature gradient; trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; DIET; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OMNIVORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 84858861919     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9524-4     Document Type: Article

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