The robustness of keystone indices in food webs

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Fedor, Anna ^a,b   Vasas, Vera ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Food web model; Keystone species; Network construction

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TAXONOMIC RANK;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69249229622     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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