Emergence of community structure in terrestrial mammal-dominated ecosystems

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-214

  Mendoza, Manuel ^a   Goodwin, Brian ^b   Criado, Carlos ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Schumacher College   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Biodiversity; Mammal's community; Self organization; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4043082721     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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