Throughflow centrality is a global indicator of the functional importance of species in ecosystems

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-196

  Borrett, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Food web; Foundational species; Input output analysis; Materials flow analysis; Social network analysis; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOOD WEBS; FOUNDATIONAL SPECIES; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; TROPHIC DYNAMICS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOOD WEB; FOUNDER EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THROUGHFLOW; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876589702     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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