Molecules of keystone significance: Crucial agents in ecology and resource management

BioScience

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 428-438

  Ferrer, Ryan P ^a   Zimmer, Richard K ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical ecology; Community ecology; conservation biology; keystone species; trophic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880201633     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.6.5     Document Type: Review

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