Analytical solution of a model for complex food webs

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Camacho, Juan ^a,b   Guimerà, Roger ^a,c   Amaral, Luís A Nunes ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; FOOD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FOOD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

BIONOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GAUSSIAN DECAY; HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS; PREDATORS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 41349092251     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.030901     Document Type: Article

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