Increasing community size and connectance can increase stability in competitive communities

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-188

  Fowler, Mike S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community; Competition; Complexity; Connectance; Intrinsic growth rate; Periodic dynamics; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPLEXITY; CONNECTIVITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 64749107226     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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