Super-sensitivity to structure in biological models

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1419, 1999, Pages 565-570

  Wood, Simon N ^a   Thomas, Matthew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Impact assessment; Mathematical modelling; Prediction; Risk assessment; Super sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033594225     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0673     Document Type: Article

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