Long-term resource addition to a detrital food web yields a pattern of responses more complex than pervasive bottom-up control

Background Theory predicts strong bottom-up control in detritus-based food webs, yet field experiments with detritus-based terrestrial systems have uncovered contradictory evidence regarding the strength and pervasiveness of bottom-up control processes. Two factors likely leading to contradictory re...

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Main Authors: Kendra L. Lawrence, David H. Wise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3572.pdf