Gecko: A continuous 2D world for ecological modeling

Artificial Life

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-163

  Booth, Ginger ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Echo; Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystem modeling; Gecko; Individual based model; Spatial competition; Swarm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; PLANT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031151572     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/artl.1997.3.3.147     Document Type: Article

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