Global synthesis suggests that food web connectance correlates to invasion resistance

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 465-473

  Smith Ramesh, Lauren M ^a   Moore, Alexandria C ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

biotic resistance; competitor; connectance; consumer; food web; herbivore; invasibility; invasion; predator; prey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84984861016     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13460     Document Type: Note

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