Consequences of adaptive behaviour for the structure and dynamics of food webs

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1546-1559

  Valdovinos, Fernanda S ^a   Ramos Jiliberto, Rodrigo ^a   Garay Narváez, Leslie ^a   Urbani, Pasquinell ^a   Dunne, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Santa Fe Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Adaptive foraging; Anti predator responses; Community stability; Community structure; Ecological networks; Population dynamics; Resilience; Robustness; Stability complexity debate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FOOD WEB; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RESEARCH WORK; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 78649601192     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01535.x     Document Type: Review

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