Lotka re-loaded: Modeling trophic interactions under stoichiometric constraints

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 245, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-11

  Elser, James J ^a   Loladze, Irakli ^b   Peace, Angela L ^c   Kuang, Yang ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Food web; Lotka Volterra; Nutrients; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PREDATOR PREY SYSTEMS; STOICHIOMETRY;

FOOD WEB INTERACTIONS; FOOD WEBS; LOTKA-VOLTERRA; LOTKA-VOLTERRA EQUATIONS; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC MODELS; STOICHIOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS; STOICHIOMETRIC MODELS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD POLICY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POPULATION MODELING; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 84866043538     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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