Qualitative Reasoning about Food Webs: Exploring Alternative Representations
Tim Nuttle, Bert Bredeweg, Paulo Salles · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) · 2004
The trophic interaction is perhaps one of the most fundamental processes in ecology. From such pairwise interactions between organisms and their energy supplies, all ecological communities are built. Here, we explore three alternative qualitative representations of the basic trophic interaction, and discuss their potential to serve as basic building blocks for research and teaching about food chains and food webs.