Effect of localization on the stability of mutualistic ecological networks

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Suweis, Samir ^a   Grilli, Jacopo ^b   Banavar, Jayanth R ^c   Allesina, Stefano ^b   Maritan, Amos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MUTUALISM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOTA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84950284938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10179     Document Type: Article

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