Ontogenetic niche shifts matter in community ecology: a review and future perspectives

Population Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 347-354

  Nakazawa, Takefumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternative stable state; Metamorphosis; Ontogenetic development; Predator prey mass ratio; Size based approach

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84933177527     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-014-0448-z     Document Type: Review

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