Ecological and evolutionary implications of food subsidies from humans

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1501-1514

  Oro, Daniel ^a   Genovart, Meritxell ^a   Tavecchia, Giacomo ^a   Fowler, Mike S ^b   Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological processes; Evolutionary changes; Food availability; Food webs; Global change; Predictability; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOLITHIC; RESILIENCE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886727828     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12187     Document Type: Article

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