Evidence for the dominance of indirect effects in 50 trophic ecosystem networks

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1192-1204

  Salas, Andria K ^a   Borrett, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Energy flow; Food webs; Indirect effects; Microbial food web; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

CYCLING; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEBS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551540146     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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