IADIZA 20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The dimensionality of ecological networks
Autor/es:
EKLÖF A; JACOB U; KOPP JC; BOSCH; CASTRO-URGAL R; CHACOFF NP; DALSGAARD B; DE SASSI C; GALETTI M; GUIMARÃES P; LOMÁSCOLO SB; MARTÍN-GONZÁLEZ AM; PIZO MA; RADER R; RODRIGO A; TYLIANAKIS J; VÁZQUEZ DP; ALLESINA S
Revista:
ECOLOGY LETTERS
Editorial:
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2013 vol. 16 p. 577 - 583
ISSN:
1461-023X
Resumen:
How many dimensions (trait-axes) are required to predict whether two species interact? This unanswered question originated with the idea of ecological niches, and yet bears relevance today for understanding what determines network structure. Here, we analyse a set of 200 ecological networks, including food webs, antagonistic and mutualistic networks, and find that the number of dimensions needed to completely explain all interactions is small (
