Ten years of individual-based modelling in ecology: What have we learned and what could we learn in the future?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 129-148

  Grimm, Volker ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concepts; Ecological modelling; Individual based modelling; Review; Stability properties; Theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LITERATURE REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033557660     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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