Species loss and secondary extinctions in simple and complex model communities

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 239-246

  Eklöf, Anna ^a   Ebenman, Bo ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cascading extinction; Connectance; Food web; Keystone species; Resistance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; EXTINCTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645102172     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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