Individual-based modelling and ecological theory: Synthesis of a workshop

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 275-282

  Grimm, Volker ^a   Wyszomirski, Tomasz ^b   Aikman, David ^c   Uchmański, Janusz ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Norton Lindsey CV35 8QU   (United Kingdom)

^d POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ecological theory; Individual variability; Individual based modelling; Persistence; Simulation models; Software tools; Virtual ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033558313     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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