Understanding and predicting effects of modified interactions through a qualitative analysis of community structure

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-250

  Dambacher, Jeffrey M ^a   Ramos Jiliberto, Rodrigo ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alternative stable state; Community matrix; Community structure; Feedback; Functional response; Indirect effect; Modified interaction; Press perturbation; Qualitative modeling; System threshold; Trait mediated interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 34548763068     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519966     Document Type: Article

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