A primer on the history of food web ecology: Fundamental contributions of fourteen researchers

Food Webs

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-24

  Layman, Craig A ^a   Giery, Sean T ^a   Buhler, Stephanie ^a   Rossi, Ryann ^a   Penland, Tiffany ^a   Henson, Mary N ^a   Bogdanoff, Alex K ^a   Cove, Michael V ^a   Irizarry, Amarilys D ^a   Schalk, Christopher M ^a   Archer, Stephanie K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity stability; Connectance; Eco evolutionary feedbacks; Energy flow; Indirect effects; Interaction strength; Network theory; Niche

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939500209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23522496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2015.07.001     Document Type: Review

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