Food web structure changes with elevation but not rainforest stratum

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 792-802

  Morris, Rebecca J ^a   Sinclair, Frazer H ^b   Burwell, Chris J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Gola Rainforest National Park   (Sierra Leone)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; KLEPTOPARASITISM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84938573163     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01078     Document Type: Article

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