Predator-prey cycles in an aquatic microcosm: testing hypotheses of mechanism
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Predator–prey cycles in an aquatic microcosm: testing hypotheses of mechanism
KYLE W. SHERTZER*, STEPHEN P. ELLNER†, GREGOR F. FUSSMANN‡ and NELSON G. HAIRSTON JR† * Center for Coastal Fisheries & Habitat Research, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA; † Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Corson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853–2701, USA; and ‡ Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Universität ...
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Article history: Received 30 September 2008 Received in revised form 18 December 2008 Accepted 8 January 2009 Available online xxxx PACS: 87.23.Cc 87.10.Hk 05.70.Ln
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Animal Ecology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0021-8790,1365-2656
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00645.x