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Bottom-up Control

Bottom-Up Control is a regulatory mechanism in trophic ecology wherein the structure and dynamics of an ecosystem are primarily governed by the availability and productivity of resources at lower trophic levels, particularly primary producers, thus influencing the abundance and distribution of organisms at higher trophic levels.

195

Publications

15.6K

Citations

625

Authors

349

Institutions

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2017–2026

61

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Bottom Up ControlBottom-up Regulation

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Publications

195

Playing Chutes and Ladders: Heterogeneity and the Relative Roles of Bottom‐Up and Top‐Down Forces in Natural Communities

Mark D. Hunter, Peter W. Price · Ecology · 1992 · 1.7K citations

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Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments

John Terborgh, Lawrence Lopez, Percy Núñez et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.7K citations

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Bottom-Up Ecosystem Trophic Dynamics Determine Fish Production in the Northeast Pacific

D. M. Ware, Richard E. Thomson · Science · 2005 · 669 citations

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Control Points in Ecosystems: Moving Beyond the Hot Spot Hot Moment Concept

Emily S. Bernhardt, Joanna R. Blaszczak, Cari Ficken et al. · Ecosystems · 2017 · 418 citations

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Community Regulation: Under What Conditions Are Bottom‐Up Factors Important on Rocky Shores?

Bruce A. Menge · Ecology · 1992 · 395 citations

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Authors

625

  1. FS
    Florentín Smarandache

    University of New Mexico, United States

    7 publications · 235 citations

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  2. BA
    Bruce A. Menge

    Oregon State University, United States

    3 publications · 466 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. NC
    Nils Chr. Stenseth

    University of Oslo, Norway

    3 publications · 453 citations

    3

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  4. ML
    Marcos Llope

    University of Oslo, Norway

    3 publications · 453 citations

    3

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  5. SR
    Stuart R. Borrett

    University of North Carolina Wilmington, United States

    3 publications · 161 citations

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Institutions

349

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    314 citations

  2. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    191 citations

  4. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    165 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    687 citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    501 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    450 citations

  8. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    408 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    9 publications · 2.5K citations

    9

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  2. Ecosystems

    7 publications · 706 citations

    7

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  3. Oecologia

    7 publications · 678 citations

    7

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  4. Ecology Letters

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Ecological Modelling

    6 publications · 330 citations

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