Compilation and network analyses of Cambrian food webs

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 693-708

  Dunne, Jennifer A ^a,c   Williams, Richard J ^b,c   Martinez, Neo D ^c,d   Wood, Rachel A ^e   Erwin, Douglas H ^a,f  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; NONHUMAN; PALEOZOIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SYNECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

METAZOA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43249083780     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060102     Document Type: Article

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