Food webs: a plea for parasites

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Complex Trophic Interactions in Deserts: An Empirical Critique of Food-Web Theory

Gary A. Polis · The American Naturalist · 1991 · 1K citations

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Linking Marine and Terrestrial Food Webs: Allochthonous Input from the Ocean Supports High Secondary Productivity on Small Islands and Coastal Land Communities

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Cause-Effect Relationships in Energy Flow, Trophic Structure, and Interspecific Interactions

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Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +17

Parasitism: A cryptic determinant of animal community structure

Dennis J. Minchella, Marilyn E. Scott · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1991 · 358 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +11