Topological approaches to food web analyses: A few modifications may improve our insights

Oikos

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 397-401

  Borer, Elizabeth T ^a   Anderson, Kurt ^a   Blanchette, Carol A ^a   Broitman, Bernardo ^a   Cooper, Scott D ^a   Halpern, Benjamin S ^a   Seabloom, Eric W ^b   Shurin, Jonathan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 0036859347     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990222.x     Document Type: Review

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