What makes ecological systems reactive?

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Snyder, Robin E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Interaction strength; Reactivity; Species richness; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77951207715     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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