Inferring food web structure from predator-prey body size relationships

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1083-1090

  Gravel, Dominique ^a,b   Poisot, Timothée ^a,b   Albouy, Camille ^c,d   Velez, Laure ^c   Mouillot, David ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Food web; Metaweb; Niche model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887181705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12103     Document Type: Article

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