Simple MaxEnt models explain food web degree distributions

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Williams, Richard J ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer distribution; Network; Null model; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIALIST;

EID: 75949106671     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-009-0052-6     Document Type: Article

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