Consistent role of weak and strong interactions in high- and low-diversity trophic food webs

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Gellner, Gabriel ^a   McCann, Kevin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPHIC STATUS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD WEB; MODEL; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84964370935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11180     Document Type: Article

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