Scaling up predator-prey dynamics using spatial moment equations

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-289

  Barraquand, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Murrell, David J ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional response; Mass action; Moment closure; Point process; Predator prey models; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875258042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12014     Document Type: Article

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