Complexity in quantitative food webs

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1470-1477

  Banašek Richter, Carolin ^a   Bersier, Louis Félix ^b   Cattin, Marie France ^c   Baltensperger, Richard ^d   Gabriel, Jean Pierre ^b   Merz, Yves ^c   Ulanowicz, Robert E ^e,j   Tavares, Annette F ^f   Williams, D Dudley ^g   De Ruiter, Peter C ^h   Winemiller, Kirk O ⁱ   Naisbit, Russell E ^b,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Connectance; Diversity; Ecological network; Food web stability; Scaling; Species diversity; Stability; Trophic complexity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 67449161804     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2207.1     Document Type: Article

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