Robustness to secondary extinctions: Comparing trait-based sequential deletions in static and dynamic food webs

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 571-580

  Curtsdotter, Alva ^a   Binzer, Amrei ^b   Brose, Ulrich ^b   de Castro, Francisco ^c   Ebenman, Bo ^a   Eklöf, Anna ^d   Riede, Jens O ^b   Thierry, Aaron ^e,f   Rall, Björn C ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Bottom up effect; Extinction cascades; Generality; Keystone species; Species loss; Stability; Top down effect; Trophic interactions; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555228588     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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