Stability and complexity in model meta-ecosystems

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Gravel, Dominique ^a   Massol, François ^b   Leibold, Mathew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84984660092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12457     Document Type: Article

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