Relation between complexity and stability in food webs with adaptive behavior

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 713-722

  Uchida, Satoshi ^a   Drossel, Barbara ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Food web; Population dynamics; Stability complexity relationship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COMPLEXITY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STABILIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVALUATION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34447557999     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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