Maximally stable model ecosystems can be highly connected

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2631-2636

  Haydon, Daniel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community stability vs. community complexity; Connectance; Connectivity; Ecosystem models; Ecosystem stability; Eigenvalues; Interaction strength; Stability and complexity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PERSISTENCE; STABILITY;

EID: 0033850249     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2631:MSMECB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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