The impact of nonlinear functional responses on the long-term evolution of food web structure

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-548

  Drossel, Barbara ^a   McKane, Alan J ^b   Quince, Christopher ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Functional responses; Population dynamics; Weak links

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3042828496     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.04.033     Document Type: Article

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