Island Biogeography of Food Webs

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages 183-262

  Massol, F ^a   Dubart, M ^b,c   Calcagno, V ^d   Cazelles, K ^c,e,f   Jacquet, C ^c,e,f   Kefi S ^c   Gravel, D ^e,f,g  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^f Centre de la Science de la Biodiversité du Québec Université du Québec a' Rimouski   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Colonization; Extinction; Interaction network; Metacommunity; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010715668     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.10.004     Document Type: Chapter

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