Predicting the species abundance distribution using a model food web

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-395

  Powell, Craig R ^a   McKane, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological community model; Ecological diversity; Trophic distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55949127722     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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