A trait-based approach for downscaling complexity in plankton ecosystem models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3001-3010

  Merico, Agostino ^a   Bruggeman, Jorn ^b   Wirtz, Kai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Community ecology; Complexity reduction; ECEM 07; Moment based approximation; Predator prey cycles; Trade off; Trait based modelling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPLEXITY REDUCTION; ECEM 07; MOMENT-BASED APPROXIMATION; PREDATOR-PREY CYCLES; TRADE-OFF; TRAIT-BASED MODELLING;

COMMERCE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHEMOSTATS;

ADAPTATION; ALGA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOSTAT; CLONE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPLEXITY; DOWNSCALING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL OCEAN; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MODEL TEST; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF;

ALGAE; ROTIFERA;

EID: 70350052569     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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