Interaction-type diversity hypothesis and interaction strength: the condition for the positive complexity-stability effect to arise

Population Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-27

  Kondoh, Michio ^a,b   Mougi, Akihiko ^c  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Food web; Mathematical model; Mutualism; Mutualistic web; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939945153     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-014-0475-9     Document Type: Article

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