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The predator-prey power law: Biomass scaling across terrestrial and aquatic biomes
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A general scaling law for ecology: Despite the huge diversity of ecological communities, they can have unexpected patterns in common. Hatton et al. describe a general scaling law that relates total predator and prey biomass in terrestrial and aquatic animal communities (see the Perspective by Cebrian). They draw on data from many thousands of population counts of animal communities ranging from plankton to large mammals, across a wide range of biomes. They find a ubiquitous pattern of biomass scaling, which may suggest an underlying organization in ecosystems. It seems that communities follow systematic changes in structure and dynamics across environmental gradients. Science , this issue 10.1126/science.aac6284 ; see also p. 1053
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hatton, I. A., McCann, K. S., Fryxell, J. M., Davies, T. J., Smerlak, M., Sinclair, A. R. E., & Loreau, M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2015-09-04
- Volume
- 349
- Issue
- 6252
- Pages
- aac6284-aac6284
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2167137586
- Cited by
- 349
- References
- 115
- FWCI
- 24.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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