Disentangling the effect of body size and phylogenetic distances on zooplankton top-down control of algae

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1828, 2016, Pages

  Gianuca, Andros T ^a   Pantel, Jelena H ^b   De Meester, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive asymmetry; Functional ecology; Niche partitioning; Selection effect; Trait divergence; Trait diversity

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DIVERGENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRAZING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROCOSM; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RESOURCE USE; SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLADOCERA; FOOD CHAIN; MICROALGA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLADOCERA; FOOD CHAIN; MICROALGAE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84963756425     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0487     Document Type: Review

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