Secondary extinctions in ecological networks: Bottlenecks unveiled

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 150-161

  Allesina, Stefano ^a,b   Bodini, Antonio ^a   Bondavalli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attack; Bottlenecks; Cascading extinctions; Dominators; Ecological networks; Error; Secondary extinctions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; FOOD ADDITIVES; TOPOLOGY;

ATTACKS; BOTTLENECKS; CASCADING EXTINCTIONS; DOMINATORS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; SECONDARY EXTINCTIONS;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; MASS EXTINCTION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

EID: 33644695850     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.10.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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