The determinants of food chain lengths.
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Pimm, SL; Kitching, RL
Published in: Oikos
January 1, 1987
Reviews natural variation in the food chains of phytotelmata - water-filled plant-bodies. Here the role of disturbances may be the major factor in determining their food chains. Tadpoles of a small frog actually avoid the most productive systems. Larvae of a chironomid show a slight increase in numbers with level of energy input, but most importantly, it was slow to colonize - waiting for its prey (species of saprophagous chironomids) to attain approximately constant numbers and size. Data indicate that frequent disturbances would remove these predators from the system resulting in the 2 trophic level systems found in tree holes elsewhere.-from Authors
Duke Scholars
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Oikos
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0030-1299
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Volume
50
Issue
3
Start / End Page
302 / 307
Related Subject Headings
- Ecology
- 4102 Ecological applications
- 3104 Evolutionary biology
- 3103 Ecology
- 0602 Ecology
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Pimm, S. L., & Kitching, R. L. (1987). The determinants of food chain lengths. Oikos, 50(3), 302–307. https://doi.org/10.2307/3565490
Pimm, S. L., and R. L. Kitching. “The determinants of food chain lengths.” Oikos 50, no. 3 (January 1, 1987): 302–7. https://doi.org/10.2307/3565490.
Pimm SL, Kitching RL. The determinants of food chain lengths. Oikos. 1987 Jan 1;50(3):302–7.
Pimm, S. L., and R. L. Kitching. “The determinants of food chain lengths.” Oikos, vol. 50, no. 3, Jan. 1987, pp. 302–07. Scopus, doi:10.2307/3565490.
Pimm SL, Kitching RL. The determinants of food chain lengths. Oikos. 1987 Jan 1;50(3):302–307.
Published In
Oikos
DOI
ISSN
0030-1299
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Volume
50
Issue
3
Start / End Page
302 / 307
Related Subject Headings
- Ecology
- 4102 Ecological applications
- 3104 Evolutionary biology
- 3103 Ecology
- 0602 Ecology