Successional dynamics in the seasonally forced diamond food web

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Klausmeier, Christopher A ^a   Litchman, Elena ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foodweb; Nonequilibrium dynamics; Plankton; Seasonality; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84862137930     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665998     Document Type: Article

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