Testing the model for one predator and two mutualistic prey species

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 245-255

  Fay, Temple H ^a   Greeff, Johanna C ^b   Eisenberg, Benjamin E ^b   Groeneveld, Hendrik T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Goodness of fit; Model solutions; Simulation output; Stability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STABILITY;

GOODNESS-OF-FIT; MODEL SOLUTIONS; MUTUALISTIC PREY SPECIES; SIMULATION OUTPUT;

BIODIVERSITY;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744551223     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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