Habitat complexity, dispersal and metapopulations: Macroscopic study of a predator-prey system

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-139

  Jana, D ^a   Bairagi, N ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Metapopulation; Predator prey interaction; Spatial heterogeneity; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893656991     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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