A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interactions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 902-914

  Gilbert, Benjamin ^a   Tunney, Tyler D ^b   Mccann, Kevin S ^b   Delong, John P ^c   Vasseur, David A ^d   Savage, Van ^e   Shurin, Jonathan B ^f   Dell, Anthony I ^g   Barton, Brandon T ^h   Harley, Christopher D G ⁱ   Kharouba, Heather M ⁱ   Kratina, Pavel ^j   Blanchard, Julia L ^k   Clements, Christopher ^l   Winder, Monika ^m   Greig, Hamish S ^n,o   O'Connor, Mary I ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^m STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biomass pyramid; Climate change; Food web; Interaction strength; Predator prey; Stability; Temperature; Transient dynamics; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EQUILIBRIUM; EXTINCTION RISK; FOOD WEB; MORTALITY; RESILIENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PYRAMID; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; INTERACTION STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR PREY; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; TROPHIC DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS PYRAMID; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; INTERACTION STRENGTH; PREDATOR PREY; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; TROPHIC DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903758612     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12307     Document Type: Article

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