Network structure and robustness of marine food webs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 273, Issue , 2004, Pages 291-302

  Dunne, Jennifer A ^a,d   Williams, Richard J ^b,d   Martinez, Neo D ^c,d  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Connectance; Food webs; Marine ecosystems; Network structure; Niche model; Robustness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042842665     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps273291     Document Type: Article

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