Review: Ecological networks – beyond food webs
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1. A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the complexity observed in nature can persist and how this affects ecosystem functioning. This is essential for us to be able to predict, and eventually mitigate, the consequences of increasing environmental perturbations such as habitat loss, climate change, and invasions of exotic species. 2. Ecological networks can be subdivided into three broad types: 'traditional' food webs, mutualistic networks and host-parasitoid networks. There is a recent trend towards cross-comparisons among network types and also to take a more mechanistic, as opposed to phenomenological, perspective. For example, analysis of network configurations, such as compartments, allows us to explore the role of co-evolution in structuring mutualistic networks and host-parasitoid networks, and of body size in food webs. 3. Research into ecological networks has recently undergone a renaissance, leading to the production of a new catalogue of evermore complete, taxonomically resolved, and quantitative data. Novel topological patterns have been unearthed and it is increasingly evident that it is the distribution of interaction strengths and the configuration of complexity, rather than just its magnitude, that governs network stability and structure. 4. Another significant advance is the growing recognition of the importance of individual traits and behaviour: interactions, after all, occur between individuals. The new generation of high-quality networks is now enabling us to move away from describing networks based on species-averaged data and to start exploring patterns based on individuals. Such refinements will enable us to address more general ecological questions relating to foraging theory and the recent metabolic theory of ecology. 5. We conclude by suggesting a number of 'dead ends' and 'fruitful avenues' for future research into ecological networks.
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In a survey on the source literature, the highly connected nodes (number of consumer links) did not necessarily belong to the best-studied species, but in fact belonged correctly to the generalists and omnivorous species.
“However, in a survey on the source literature, the highly connected nodes (number of consumer links) did not necessarily belong to the best-studied species (Ings et al. 2009), but in fact belonged correctly to the generalists and omnivorous species (see Appendix S2).”
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- Authors
- Ings, T. C., Montoya, J. M., Bascompte, J., Blüthgen, N., Brown, L., Dormann, C. F., Edwards, F., Figueroa, D., Jacob, U., Jones, J. I., Lauridsen, R. B., Ledger, M. E., Lewis, H. M., Olesen, J. M., Van Veen, F. J. F., Warren, P. H., & Woodward, G.
- Affiliations
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (DE)
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (DE)
- HR Wallingford (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of York (GB)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Woodward, Guy
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Animal Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-12-11
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 253-269
- ISSN
- 0021-8790 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2656
- OpenAlex
- W2132453181
- Cited by
- 934
- References
- 183
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- FWCI
- 3.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Journal of Animal Ecology (publishedVersion)
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- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
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- NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (submittedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
- Repositorio Académico de la Universidad Católica de Temuco (Universidad Católica de Temuco) (submittedVersion)
- TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/D013305/1, cpb010001, NE/D012813/1, NE/C511905/1, CEH010022, NE/C521244/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Keywords
- ecological networks, food webs, mutualistic networks, network topology, interaction strength, network stability, coevolution, body size, foraging theory, metabolic theory of ecology, ecosystem functioning, environmental disturbance
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Ecology, Biological Evolution, Food Chain
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