| Food webs: reconciling the structure and function of biodiversity. | |
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PMID: 22959162 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The global biodiversity crisis concerns not only unprecedented loss of species within communities, but also related consequences for ecosystem function. Community ecology focuses on patterns of species richness and community composition, whereas ecosystem ecology focuses on fluxes of energy and materials. Food webs provide a quantitative framework to combine these approaches and unify the study of biodiversity and ecosystem function. We summarise the progression of food-web ecology and the challenges in using the food-web approach. We identify five areas of research where these advances can continue, and be applied to global challenges. Finally, we describe what data are needed in the next generation of food-web studies to reconcile the structure and function of biodiversity. |
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Ross M Thompson; Ulrich Brose; Jennifer A Dunne; Robert O Hall; Sally Hladyz; Roger L Kitching; Neo D Martinez; Heidi Rantala; Tamara N Romanuk; Daniel B Stouffer; Jason M Tylianakis |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-9-5 |
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Title: Trends in ecology & evolution Volume: - ISSN: 0169-5347 ISO Abbreviation: Trends Ecol. Evol. (Amst.) Publication Date: 2012 Sep |
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Created Date: 2012-9-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8805125 Medline TA: Trends Ecol Evol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Australian Centre for Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia. |
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