Why allometric scaling enhances stability in food web models

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-208

  Kartascheff, Boris ^a   Heckmann, Lotta ^a   Drossel, Barbara ^a   Guill, Christian ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity stability relation; Interaction strength; Intraspecific competition; Metabolic theory; Population dynamics; Time scale effect

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EQUATION; FOOD WEB; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; METABOLISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77954427684     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-009-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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