Persistence and flow reliability in simple food webs

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 117-124

  Jordán, Ferenc ^a,b   Scheuring, István ^a   Molnár, István ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Food web; Interaction symmetry; Network design; Persistence; Reliable flows; Switching effect

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PERSISTENCE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0037373230     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00296-X     Document Type: Article

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