Simple trophic modules for complex food webs

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2868-2873

  Bascompte, Jordi ^a   Melián, Carlos J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Complex networks; Food webs; Food web models; Intraguild predation; Network motifs; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; MODELING; OMNIVORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 27944494758     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0101     Document Type: Article

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