Emergence of complexity in evolving niche-model food webs

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-120

  Guill, Christian ^a   Drossel, Barbara ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Allometric scaling; Evolutionary assembly; Food web structure; Self organised criticality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COMPLEXITY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NICHE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FOOD WEB; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 39149098796     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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