Consumer trophic diversity as a fundamental mechanism linking predation and ecosystem functioning

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1146-1153

  Hines, Jes ^a,b   Gessner, Mark O ^c,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground; Below ground; Food web complexity; Nutrient cycling; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; ISOPODA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; ISOPODA; MARYLAND; POACEAE; SPIDERS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868193897     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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