A method for identifying keystone species in food web models

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Ecological Modelling

• Publication date

  2006-06-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2005.11.029
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