Food web expansion and contraction in response to changing environmental conditions

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tunney, Tyler D ^a   McCann, Kevin S ^a   Lester, Nigel P ^b   Shuter, Brian J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POSTGLACIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; PREDATOR;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84869458508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2098     Document Type: Article

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