Community assembly and food web stability
Published
Journal Article
The ecological assembly of food web is considered as a process of predator colonizations and extinctions. The results of computer simulations using predator-prey equations allow us to identify three types of food web stability and examine how they may change through development of food webs. Species turnover stability increases, stability to extensive species extinction remains constant, and local stability to population fluctuations decreases as food web assembly proceeds. © 1983.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Post, WM; Pimm, SL
Published Date
- January 1, 1983
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 64 / 2
Start / End Page
- 169 - 192
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0025-5564
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/0025-5564(83)90002-0
Citation Source
- Scopus