Deleting species from model food webs

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-296

  Quince, Christopher ^a   Higgs, Paul G ^b   McKane, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES;

EID: 20644472231     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13493.x     Document Type: Article

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