Who dominates whom in the ecosystem? Energy flow bottlenecks and cascading extinctions

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-358

  Allesina, Stefano ^a   Bodini, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Dominator; Energy flow; Food web; Graph theory; Secondary extinction; Species removal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 4143132414     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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