Reciprocal subsidies between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems structure consumer resource dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1173-1182

  Bartels, Pia ^a,b   Cucherousset, Julien ^c,d,e   Steger, Kristin ^a,g   Eklov, Peter ^a   Tranvik, Lars J ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Université de Toulouse III Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Bottom up; Cross ecosystem; Food web dynamics; Resource subsidy; Top down

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALLOCHTHONY; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; META-ANALYSIS; PREDATOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; META ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861405226     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1210.1     Document Type: Article

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