Compartments revealed in food-web structure

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6964, 2003, Pages 282-285

  Krause, Ann E ^a   Frank, Kenneth A ^a   Mason, Doran M ^b   Ulanowicz, Robert E ^c   Taylor, William W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

FOOD WEBS;

FOOD SUPPLY;

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; FOOD WEB;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WEIGHT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344875024     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02115     Document Type: Article

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