Ecological networks and their fragility

By J. M. Montoya, Stuart Pimm, R. V. Solé. Nature, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Sociology and Political Science

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Functional Molecular Ecological Networks (2010, background): “An ecosystem is a complex system in which various species interact with each other to form complicated networks (1).”
When and how should biotic interactions be considered in models of species niches and distributions? (2017, background): “Similarly, some research on food webs documents many weak links and few strong ones, although for such antagonistic relationships less consensus exists in the literature regarding relative effects (Berlow et al., 2004; Montoya et al., 2006).”
Indices, Graphs and Null Models: Analyzing Bipartite Ecological Networks (2009, background): “Pattern in degree distributions have been proposed as presenting information on the structure of ecological networks (Dunne et al. 2002; Jordano et al. 2003; Montoya et al. 2006; Sun et al. 2006).”
Warming alters the size spectrum and shifts the distribution of biomass in freshwater ecosystems (2011, background): “…occurring at the species (and therefore the population) level (Walther et al., 2002), but scaling from populations to communities and ecosystems is challenging because of the perceived indeterminacy of ecological interactions (Yodzis & Innes, 1992; Montoya et al., 2006; Woodward et al., 2010).”
Do non‐native species invasions lead to biotic homogenization at small scales? The similarity and functional diversity of habitats compared for alien and native components of Mediterranean floras (2008, background): “…considered to be important (Myers & Knoll, 2001; Olden & Poff, 2004), whereas across species, there is increasing recognition that the number and diversity of ecological interactions may be critical to the productivity and adaptability of ecosystems (Lyons & Schwartz, 2001; Montoya et al ., 2006).”
Conservation of species interaction networks (2010, background): “Given the complexity of species interaction networks (May, 1973; Montoya et al., 2006; Pascual and Dunne, 2006; Bascompte and Jordano, 2007), advocating a single attribute of their structure that deserves priority for conservation would be unwise given the current state of knowledge.”
Impacts of Invasive Species on Food Webs: A Review of Empirical Data (2017, background): “However, in reality, most species might be within two or three links to each other in food webs (Montoya et al., 2006).”
Effects of agriculture expansion and intensification on the vertebrate and invertebrate diversity in the Pampas of Argentina (2011, background): “…than extinction of particular taxa, but their consequences for biodiversity are no less real, because trophic networks are strongly associated with the stability and functioning of the ecosystems in which they occur (Melián and Bascompte 2002; Ives and Cardinale 2004; Montoya et al. 2006).”
Enhancing floral resources for pollinators in productive agricultural grasslands (2014, background): “Finally, by diversifying the resource base utilised by these insects we are likely to establish more robust networks of trophic interactions that will be less sensitive to future environmental change (Montoya et al., 2006; Woodcock et al., 2012).”
Ecological Networks in a Changing Climate (2010, background): “coral-zooxanthellae symbioses; plant–pollinator systems; plant–seed disperser systems) (Ings et al., 2009; Montoya et al., 2006; Olesen and Jordano, 2002; Olesen et al., 2010).”
Network analysis in conservation biogeography: challenges and opportunities (2010, background): “Lindeman, 1942) and network-related questions, such as that of whether more diverse food webs are more stable, have received considerable prominence in ecology (e.g. May, 1972, 2006; McCann, 2000; Montoya et al., 2006).”