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ArticleNature2020

Long-term cyclic persistence in an experimental predator-prey system.

Bernd Blasius, Lars Rudolf, Guntram Weithoff, Ursula Gaedke, Gregor F Fussmann

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bernd BlasiusInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany. blasius@icbm.de.
Lars RudolfInstitute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Guntram WeithoffDepartment of Ecology & Ecosystem Modelling, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Ursula GaedkeDepartment of Ecology & Ecosystem Modelling, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Gregor F FussmannDepartment of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predator-prey cycles rank among the most fundamental concepts in ecology, are predicted by the simplest ecological models and enable, theoretically, the indefinite persistence of predator and prey

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Food ChainModels, BiologicalAnimalsBiotaChlorella vulgarisChlorophytaRotifera

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