Food-web models predict species abundances in response to habitat change.
Plant and animal population sizes inevitably change following habitat loss, but the mechanisms underlying these changes are poorly understood. We experimentally altered habitat volume and eliminated top trophic levels of the food web of invertebrates that inhabit rain-filled leaves of the carnivorou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1570498?pdf=render |