Synchrony and stability of food webs in metacommunities

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Gouhier, Tarik C ^a   Guichard, Frédéric ^a   Gonzalez, Andrew ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory dynamics; Environmental variability; Food web; Metacommunity; Stability; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPENSATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD WEB; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; STABILIZATION; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76249117672     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649579     Document Type: Article

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