Structure and robustness to species loss in Arctic and Antarctic ice-shelf meta-ecosystem webs

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 245, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-218

  Carscallen, W Mather A ^a   Romanuk, Tamara N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food web topology; Nitrogen isotope; Polar ecosystems; Secondary extinctions; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLAR ECOSYSTEMS; SECONDARY EXTINCTIONS; TROPHIC POSITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; TOPOLOGY;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; ICE SHELF; POLAR REGION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA ICE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOLOGY;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

EID: 84866040351     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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