The dynamics of food chains under climate change and nutrient enrichment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1605, 2012, Pages 2935-2944

  Binzer, Amrei ^a   Guill, Christian ^a   Brose, Ulrich ^a   Rall, Björn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Fertilization; Global warming; Metabolism; Paradox of enrichment; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84866595959     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0230     Document Type: Article

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