Food-web complexity, meta-community complexity and community stability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mougi, A ^a   Kondoh, M ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; THEORETICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN;

ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84963984750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24478     Document Type: Article

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