Detritivore diversity promotes a relative contribution rate of detritus to the diet of predators in ponds
Abstract Theory suggests that bottom‐up effects of resource diversity to upper trophic levels increases ecosystem functioning. In particular, energy flux from the detritus to other organisms in an ecosystem affects food web dynamics. To our knowledge, no empirical studies have examined how detritivo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Ecosphere |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1211 |