A Note on Trophic Complexity and Community Stability

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Previous articleNext article No AccessLetters to the EditorsA Note on Trophic Complexity and Community StabilityR. T. PaineR. T. Paine Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 103, Number 929Jan. - Feb., 1969 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/282586 Views: 400Total views on this site Citations: 1002Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1969 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Tianyun Li, Zhiwei Zhong, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, Wenjun Li, Yanan Li, Hui Zhu, Anita C. Risch, Deli Wang Parasites as ecosystem modulators: foliar pathogens suppress top‐down effects of large herbivores, New Phytologist 2 (Apr 2023).https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18912Theresa W. Ong, John H. 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