Sensitivity analysis of coexistence in ecological communities: Theory and application

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1479-1494

  Barabás, György ^a   Pásztor, Liz ^b   Meszéna, Géza ^b   Ostling, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Model analysis; Niche theory; Robustness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84936817949     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12350     Document Type: Article

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