A metaphysiological modelling approach to stability in herbivore-vegetation systems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 153-178

  Owen Smith, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consumer resource dynamics; Herbivore vegetation systems; Metaphysiological modelling; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; STABILIZATION;

EID: 0037087529     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00521-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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