System Omnivory Index

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3472-3477

  Libralato, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Complexity; Connectance; Consumption; Ecological networks; Ecosystem development; Food web; Interaction strength; Linkage; Network analysis; Omnivory; Resilience; Stability; Theoretical ecology; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875263528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00135-X     Document Type: Chapter

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