Architectural classes of aquatic food webs based on link distribution

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Jordán, Ferenc ^a,b   Scheuring, I ^c   Vasas, V ^c   Podani, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Classification; Food web; Link distribution; Network; Ordination

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33746368723     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.1.8     Document Type: Article

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