Synchronisation and stability in river metapopulation networks

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-283

  Yeakel, J D ^a   Moore, J W ^a   Guimaraes P R ^b   de Aguiar, M A M ^c,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d NEW ENGLAND COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuations; Metapopulations; River networks; Stability; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLUCTUATIONS; LETTER; METAPOPULATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; RIVER NETWORKS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STABILITY; SYNCHRONISATION;

FLUCTUATIONS; METAPOPULATIONS; RIVER NETWORKS; STABILITY; SYNCHRONISATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892672482     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12228     Document Type: Article

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