Species invasion history influences community evolution in a tri-trophic food web model.

BACKGROUND:Recent experimental studies have demonstrated the importance of invasion history for evolutionary formation of community. However, only few theoretical studies on community evolution have focused on such views. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We used a tri-trophic food web model to ana...

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Main Authors: Akihiko Mougi, Kinya Nishimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2726432?pdf=render