Ontogenetic niche shift, food-web coupling, and alternative stable states

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-494

  Nakazawa, Takefumi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Habitat linkage; Metacommunity; Multiple stable states; Stage structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; JUVENILE; MATURATION; NICHE; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 80053210940     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-010-0090-0     Document Type: Article

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