Carrion cycling in food webs: Comparisons among terrestrial and marine ecosystems

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1021-1026

  Beasley, James C ^a   Olson, Z H ^a   Devault, T L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CARRION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862767064     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20353.x     Document Type: Article

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