Effect of prey richness on a consumer's intrinsic growth rate

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 243-250

  Darby, Brian J ^a,b   Herman, Michael A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community; Nematodes; Pathogenicity; Polyculture

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COLONY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONOCULTURE; NEMATODE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FOOD CHAIN; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 84901440003     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2883-0     Document Type: Article

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