Least-inference methods for constructing networks of trophic flows

Ecological Modelling - Tập 210 - Trang 278-286 - 2008
Robert E. Ulanowicz1, Ursula M. Scharler2,3
1University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 1 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688-0038, USA
2School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, George Campbell Building, 4041 Durban, South Africa
3Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management (AEW), Wageningen University and Research Centre, Ritzema Bosweg 32-A, 6703 AZ Wageningen, The Netherlands

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