Nutrient flows between ecosystems can destabilize simple food chains

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-174

  Marleau, Justin N ^a   Guichard, Frédéric ^a   Mallard, François ^b   Loreau, Michel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Meta ecosystem; Metacommunities; Recycling; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD CHAIN; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FOOD CHAIN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77954284656     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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