Arctic ecosystem structure and functioning shaped by climate and herbivore body size

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 379-383

  Legagneux, P ^a,b   Gauthier, G ^a   Lecomte, N ^b,c,d   Schmidt, N M ^e   Reid, D ^f   Cadieux, M C ^a   Berteaux, D ^b   Bety J ^b   Krebs, C J ^g   Ims, R A ^c   Yoccoz, N G ^c   Morrison, R I G ^h   Leroux, S J ⁱ   Loreau, M ^j   Gravel, D ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^j Moulis   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84899539048     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2168     Document Type: Article

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