Environmental determinants of food-chain length: A meta-analysis

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 675-681

  Takimoto, Gaku ^a   Post, David M ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecosystem size; Food chain length; Productivity; Random effects meta analysis

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883808475     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0943-7     Document Type: Article

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