Predator effects on a detritus-based food web are primarily mediated by non-trophic interactions

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 953-962

  Majdi, Nabil ^a,b   Boiché, Anatole ^a,b   Traunspurger, Walter ^c   Lecerf, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Food web; Freshwater; Litter decomposition; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Non consumptive effects; Predator prey interactions; Structural equation modelling; Trait mediated indirect interactions

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLATWORM; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HEADWATER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYCELIS FELINA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANARIANS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUERCUS; RIVERS;

EID: 84902532489     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12189     Document Type: Article

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