Simple rules yield complex food webs

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6774, 2000, Pages 180-183

  Williams, Richard J ^a   Martinez, Neo D ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MODEL; NICHE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 0034624857     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35004572     Document Type: Article

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