Ecological community integration increases with added trophic complexity

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-145

  Wright, Christopher K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Ecological organization; Levels of selection; Lotka Volterra; Metacommunities; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349138917     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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