Comparison of metrics of food web structure among different models.

<p>Box-plots show the values of twelve metrics of food web structure calculated for a set of 200 food webs generated by each of the three settings of the two traits allometric model and the niche model with species and . The same set of model food webs as in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0099355#pone-0099355-g002" target="_blank">Figure 2</a> was used. The metrics shown are: proportion of basal (A), intermediate (B) and top (C) species, standard deviation of generality (D) and vulnerability (E), mean (F) and maximum (G) trophic level, maximum diet similarity (H), proportion of herbivores - i.e. consumers of basal species (I), mean omnivory level (J), clustering coefficient (K) and mean characteristic path length (L). Box-plot shows estimated intervals around the median (black circle) where a given percentage of observations lies: see the legend in the lower left corner.