Network simulations to study seed exchange for agrobiodiversity conservation

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-150

  Pautasso, Marco ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complex networks; Degree distribution; Methods in ecology and evolution; Seeds; Simulation models; Small world networks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BARLEY; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVAR; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SEED; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

HORDEUM;

EID: 84920804425     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0222-9     Document Type: Article

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