Bottom-up meets top-down: Leaf litter inputs influence predator-prey interactions in wetlands

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 249-257

  Stoler, Aaron B ^a   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic refuge; Benthic structure; Hylaversicolor; Notophthalmusviridescens; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FROG; LEACHATE; LEAF LITTER; MESOCOSM; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WETLAND;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; NOTOPHTHALMUS; PINUS RESINOSA; QUERCUS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SALAMANDRIDAE; TREE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUERCUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; TREES; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84882887611     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2595-x     Document Type: Article

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