Modularity and stability in ecological communities

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Grilli, Jacopo ^a   Rogers, Tim ^b   Allesina, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MATRIX; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 84975775986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12031     Document Type: Article

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