Linking the green and brown worlds: The prevalence and effect of multichannel feeding in food webs

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3376-3386

  Wolkovich, Elizabeth M ^a,b,c   Allesina, Stefano ^d   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^c   Moore, John C ^e   Sandin, Stuart A ^f   De Mazancourt, Claire ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Moulis   (France)

Author keywords

Attack rates; Brown world; Detritus; Food webs; Green world; Multichannel; Stability

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OMNIVORY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84920025249     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1721.1     Document Type: Article

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