Complex positive connections between functional groups are revealed by neural network analysis of ecological time series

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 669-677

  Thrush, Simon F ^a   Coco, Giovanni ^a   Hewitt, Judi E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Diversity stability; Functional groups; Macrofauna; Temporal dynamics; Time series analyses

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEW ZEALAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; MANUKAU HARBOUR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 42549171606     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587069     Document Type: Article

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