The form of direct interspecific competition modifies secondary extinction patterns in multi-trophic food webs

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1730-1738

  Fowler, Mike S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIALIST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84888029745     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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