The effect of dispersal between patches on the stability of large trophic food webs

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-244

  Plitzko, Sebastian J ^a   Drossel, Barbara ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixed points; Metacommunities; Random migration; Robustness; Spatial effects

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; FOOD WEB; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PATCH DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SITE EFFECT;

EID: 84929843234     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-014-0247-3     Document Type: Article

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