Community ecology: how green is the arctic tundra?
The exploitation ecosystems hypothesis suggests that food chain length increases along gradients of increasing primary productivity. Recent results provide compelling new evidence for this from an arctic-alpine ecosystem.
Morris
Rebecca J
RJ
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. rebecca.morris@zoo.ox.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001110:Arctic Regions; D003411:Arvicolinae; D018533:Biomass; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D020387:Food Chain; D045969:Mustelidae; D011235:Predatory Behavior