Quantifying the interaction structure and the topological importance of species in food webs: A signed digraph approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-362

  Liu, Wei Chung ^a   Chen, Hsuan Wien ^b,c   Jordán, Ferenc ^d   Lin, Wen Hsieh ^a   Wai Jen Liu, Chester ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Centrality indices; Keystone species; Mixed trophic impact; Network; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77956878981     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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