Quantitative analysis of the local structure of food webs

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 260-268

  Camacho, J ^a,b   Stouffer, D B ^b   Amaral, L A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Food webs; Motifs; Network structure

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; LAND BIOME; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY;

EID: 34247101837     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.12.036     Document Type: Article

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