Qualitative stability and ambiguity in model ecosystems

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 876-888

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

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community matrix; Community structure; Hurwitz criteria; Lyapunov stability; Qualitative stability; System feedback

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037626593     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367590     Document Type: Review

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