The spatial scaling of food web structure across European biogeographical regions.

ABSTRACT: The species-area relationship (SAR) is one of the most well-established scaling patterns in ecology. Its implications for understanding how communities change across spatial gradients are numerous, including the effects of habitat loss on biodiversity. However, ecological communities are not mere collections of species. They are the result of interactions between these species forming complex networks that tie them together. Should we aim to grasp the spatial scaling of biodiversity as a whole, it is fundamental to understand the changes in the structure of interaction networks with area. In spite of a few empirical and theoretical studies that address this challenge, we still do not know much about how network structure changes with area, or what are the main environmental drivers of thes

SUBMITTER: Galiana N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7614028 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature