Cryptic Population Dynamics: Rapid Evolution Masks Trophic Interactions
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Cryptic Population Dynamics: Rapid Evolution Masks Trophic Interactions
Trophic relationships, such as those between predator and prey or between pathogen and host, are key interactions linking species in ecological food webs. The structure of these links and their strengths have major consequences for the dynamics and stability of food webs. The existence and strength of particular trophic links has often been assessed using observational data on changes in specie...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050235