Misleading ideas about top-down and bottom-up control in communities and the role of omnivores

• Autorzy: Terradas J. , Penuelas J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Słowa kluczowe

EN

top-down control; bottom-up control; omnivore; ecological pyramid; herbivore; carnivore; ecosystem; misleading idea

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 59
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.849-850,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Terradas J.

• Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Global Ecology, Unit CREAF-CEAB-CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

autor

Penuelas J.

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