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Trophic redundancy reduces vulnerability to extinction cascades

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Sanders, Dirk, Thébault, Elisa, Kehoe, Rachel, Frank van Veen, F. J.·2018·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Significance: Initial species loss can lead to follow-on extinctions because of the interconnectedness of species in ecosystems. The loss of biodiversity through human impact can change the structure of ecological communities, which, models predict, can affect the likelihood of secondary extinctions. Uniquely, we provide an empirical demonstration of this with a plant-insect food web experiment by focusing on a particular secondary extinction mechanism. This mechanistic approach leads to specific, empirically testable hypotheses that can inform the development of predictive models on the consequences of changes in ecological community structure.

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Authors
Sanders, D., Thébault, E., Kehoe, R., & Frank van Veen, F. J.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2018-02-21
Volume
115
Issue
10
Pages
2419-2424
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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W2784436239
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185
References
7
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10.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
hybrid

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Sanders, D., Thébault, E., Kehoe, R., & Frank van Veen, F. J. (2018). Trophic redundancy reduces vulnerability to extinction cascades. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716825115

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