Variability in interaction strength and implications for biodiversity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 362-371

  Kokkoris, Giorgos D ^a,b   Jansen, Vincent A A ^c   Loreau, Michel ^b   Troumbis, Andreas Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Co variation; Hierarchies; Interaction matrices; Interaction strength; Stability probability; Variance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0036116216     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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