Qualitative predictions in model ecosystems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 79-93

  Dambacher, Jeffrey M ^a,c   Li, Hiram W ^b   Rossignol, Philippe A ^b  

^a and Evaluation   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community matrix; Community structure; Indirect effects; Inverse matrix; Press perturbation; Qualitative models

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037371763     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00295-8     Document Type: Article

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