A discrete, allometric approach to the modeling of ecosystem dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-48

  Büssenschütt, Martin ^a   Pahl Wostl, Claudia ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Ecosystem performance; Multispecies ecosystem; Predator prey interaction; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB;

EID: 0342514749     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00193-3     Document Type: Article

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