Applying Linear Programming to estimate fluxes in ecosystems or food webs: An example from the herpetological assemblage of the freshwater Everglades

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 99-120

  Diffendorfer, James E ^a   Richards, Paul M ^b   Dalrymple, George H ^c   De Angelis, Donald L ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c Everglades Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Ecosystem modeling; Flux estimation; Food webs; Linear programming

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLUX; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOOD WEB; LINEAR PROGRAMING;

EID: 0035888774     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00342-8     Document Type: Article

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