Predators alter the scaling of diversity in prey metacommunities

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1995-2000

  Ryberg, Wade A ^a   Smith, Kevin G ^a   Chase, Jonathan M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GENERALIST; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84869861873     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.19620.x     Document Type: Article

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