Understanding Trophic Interactions in a Warming World by Bridging Foraging Ecology and Biomechanics with Network Science.

ABSTRACT: Climate change will disrupt biological processes at every scale. Ecosystem functions and services vital to ecological resilience are set to shift, with consequences for how we manage land, natural resources, and food systems. Increasing temperatures cause morphological shifts, with concomitant implications for biomechanical performance metrics crucial to trophic interactions. Biomechanical performance, such as maximum bite force or running speed, determines the breadth of resources accessible to consumers, the outcome of interspecific interactions, and thus the structure of ecological networks. Climate change-induced impacts to ecosystem services and resilience are therefore on the horizon, mediated by disruptions of biomechanical performance and, consequently, trophic interactions across

SUBMITTER: Cuff JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406160 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature