Stability and feedback levels in food web models.
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Neutel & Thorne (Ecology Letters, 17:651-661, June 2014) provide an approximation for the leading eigenvalue of a food web community matrix involving coefficients of its characteristic polynomial. Though valuably incorporating three-way species interactions, two critical problems emerge when one considers the dimensions of the system, calling the approach's accuracy and precision into question.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Ecology letters
دوره 18 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015