Long food chains are in general chaotic

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Gross, Thilo ^a   Ebenhöh, Wolfgang ^a   Feudel, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; FOOD CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 17144409094     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13573.x     Document Type: Article

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