Probabilistic patterns of interaction: The effects of link-strength variability on food web structure

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 77, 2012, Pages 3219-3228

  Yeakel, Justin D ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^b   Novak, Mark ^a,c   Fox Dobbs, Kena ^d   Koch, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological networks; Interactions; Link strengths; Mixing models; Predator prey; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; LINK-STRENGTHS; MIXING MODELS; PREDATOR-PREY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ECOLOGY;

ISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANADA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84868593248     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0481     Document Type: Article

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