Phase diagram and stability of ecosystems

Artificial Life and Robotics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 460-463

  Murase, Yohsuke ^a   Shimada, Takashi ^a   Ito, Nobuyasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Evolution; Phase transition; Population dynamics; Self organization; Stability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE STABILITY;

EVOLUTION; MINIMAL MODELS; NEW SPECIES; NUMBER OF SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS MODELS; SCALE INVARIANTS; SELF-ORGANIZATION; STEADY PHASE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 62549116609     PISSN: 14335298     EISSN: 16147456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10015-008-0602-9     Document Type: Article

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