Assembling the pieces of Lake Victoria's many food webs: Reply to Kolding

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 671-675

  Downing, Andrea S ^a   Van Nes, Egbert H ^b   Janse, Jan H ^c   Witte, Frans ^d   Cornelissen, Ilse J M ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^b   Mooij, Wolf M ^b,e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES;

EID: 84877124764     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1418.1     Document Type: Letter

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