Keystone and intraguild predation, intraspecific density dependence, and a guild of coexisting consumers

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McPeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Community module; Diamond shaped community module; Food chain module; Intraguild predation; Intraspecific density dependence; Keystone predation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD CHAIN; GUILD; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY;

FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84890406857     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674010     Document Type: Article

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