Quantifying direct and indirect effects of perturbations using model ecosystems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 293, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-80

  Burns, Thomas P ^a   Rose, Kenneth A ^b   Brenkert, Antoinette L ^c  

^a Pellissippi State Community College   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Indirect effect; Perturbation; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH;

CONJUGATE VARIABLES; ECOLOGICAL INTERACTION NETWORKS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; MODEL ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PERTURBATION; SIMULATION MODEL; STEADY-STATE CONDITION;

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84910652439     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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