Non-native species promote trophic dispersion of food webs

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 406-408

  Cucherousset, Julien ^a,b   Blanchet, Simon ^a,c   Olden, Julian D ^d  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84867012932     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12.WB.018     Document Type: Letter

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