Ecological Modeling

  1. Models in Community and Ecosystem Ecology
    1. Community Assembly and Succession
      1. Neutral Theory Models
        1. Species Equivalence
          1. Random Drift
            1. Immigration Effects
            2. Niche-Based Assembly
              1. Environmental Filtering
                1. Limiting Similarity
                2. Priority Effects
                  1. Historical Contingency
                    1. Alternative Stable States
                    2. Succession Models
                      1. Facilitation Models
                        1. Inhibition Models
                          1. Tolerance Models
                        2. Food Web and Trophic Dynamics
                          1. Food Web Structure Models
                            1. Connectance Patterns
                              1. Degree Distributions
                                1. Motif Analysis
                                2. Trophic Cascade Models
                                  1. Top-Down Control
                                    1. Bottom-Up Control
                                      1. Trophic Pyramids
                                      2. Bioenergetics Models
                                        1. Energy Flow Quantification
                                          1. Production Efficiency
                                            1. Consumption Rates
                                              1. Metabolic Constraints
                                              2. Dynamic Food Web Models
                                                1. Allometric Scaling
                                                  1. Body Size Distributions
                                                2. Ecosystem Process Models
                                                  1. Primary Production Models
                                                    1. Light-Use Efficiency Models
                                                      1. Photosynthesis Models
                                                        1. Gross Primary Production
                                                          1. Net Primary Production
                                                          2. Nutrient Cycling Models
                                                            1. Carbon Cycle Models
                                                              1. Nitrogen Cycle Models
                                                                1. Phosphorus Cycle Models
                                                                  1. Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles
                                                                  2. Decomposition Models
                                                                    1. Litter Quality Effects
                                                                      1. Environmental Controls
                                                                        1. Microbial Dynamics
                                                                          1. Soil Organic Matter
                                                                          2. Ecosystem Service Models
                                                                            1. Provisioning Services
                                                                              1. Regulating Services
                                                                                1. Cultural Services
                                                                              2. Metapopulation and Metacommunity Models
                                                                                1. Classic Metapopulation Models
                                                                                  1. Levins Model
                                                                                    1. Patch Occupancy Dynamics
                                                                                      1. Colonization-Extinction Balance
                                                                                      2. Spatially Realistic Models
                                                                                        1. Distance Effects
                                                                                          1. Patch Size Effects
                                                                                            1. Habitat Quality Variation
                                                                                            2. Source-Sink Dynamics
                                                                                              1. Source Identification
                                                                                                1. Sink Identification
                                                                                                  1. Rescue Effects
                                                                                                  2. Metacommunity Models
                                                                                                    1. Species Sorting
                                                                                                      1. Mass Effects
                                                                                                        1. Patch Dynamics
                                                                                                          1. Neutral Dynamics

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