Connectance determines invasion success via trophic interactions in model food webs

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1970-1976

  Baiser, Benjamin ^a,b   Russell, Gareth J ^c,d   Lockwood, Julie L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL CHANGE; HERBIVORE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; OMNIVORY; PROPAGULE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOLOGY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 78649419173     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18557.x     Document Type: Article

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