Plant-herbivore models, where more grass means fewer grazers

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-55

  Barnes, Belinda ^a   Sidhu, Harvinder ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PLANT; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 13244288118     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bulm.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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