Network complexity and species traits mediate the effects of biological invasions on dynamic food webs

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Lurgi, Miguel ^a,b   Galiana, Núria ^a   López, Bernat C ^a,c   Joppa, Lucas N ^d   Montoya, José M ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio energetic model; Community assembly; Dynamical systems; Ecological networks; Invasive species; Network complexity; Species interactions; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009239688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00036     Document Type: Article

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