Population fluctuations affect inference in ecological networks of multi-species interactions

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 589-598

  Wells, Konstans ^a,b   Feldhaar, Heike ^c   O'Hara, Robert B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIVERSITY INDEX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898771091     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.01149     Document Type: Article

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