Ecological network theory has developed from studies of static, binary trophic relationships to the analysis of quantitative, dynamic communities consisting of multiple link-types. Particularly, work has focused on the dynamic nature of ecological networks, which maintains stability in complex communities. However, there are few in situ network-level studies of the determinants of temporal and spatial variation in community structure. This thesis utilises data from a 10-year study of a host-parasitoid network and a collaborative study in an applied ecological setting to identify individual level factors important to network structure. The work aims towards an empirical, predictive framework linking adaptive foraging behaviour to ecological ...
Understanding species' interactions and the robustness of interaction networks to species loss is es...
Linking mechanistic processes to the stability of ecological networks is a key frontier in ecology. ...
International audienceNestedness and modularity are measures of ecological networks whose causative ...
Networks provide a simple way to synthesize the heterogeneous nature of ecological systems. They dep...
Analysing ecological communities as complex networks of interactions has become an important tool f...
1. A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the complexity observed in...
Recent work has suggested that emergent ecological network structure exhibits very little spatial or...
1. A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the complexity observed ...
Ecological networks are typically complex constructions of species and their interactions. During th...
1. Pollinator network structure arising from the extent and strength of interspecific mutualistic in...
Ecosystems are often made up of interactions between large numbers of species. They are considered c...
Temporal variability in the distribution of feeding links in a food web can be an important stabilis...
My goal is to investigate global patterns in the structure of interaction networks of insect herbivo...
An increase in species richness with decreasing latitude is a prominent pattern in nature. However, ...
Understanding species' interactions and the robustness of interaction networks to species loss is es...
Linking mechanistic processes to the stability of ecological networks is a key frontier in ecology. ...
International audienceNestedness and modularity are measures of ecological networks whose causative ...
Networks provide a simple way to synthesize the heterogeneous nature of ecological systems. They dep...
Analysing ecological communities as complex networks of interactions has become an important tool f...
1. A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the complexity observed in...
Recent work has suggested that emergent ecological network structure exhibits very little spatial or...
1. A fundamental goal of ecological network research is to understand how the complexity observed ...
Ecological networks are typically complex constructions of species and their interactions. During th...
1. Pollinator network structure arising from the extent and strength of interspecific mutualistic in...
Ecosystems are often made up of interactions between large numbers of species. They are considered c...
Temporal variability in the distribution of feeding links in a food web can be an important stabilis...
My goal is to investigate global patterns in the structure of interaction networks of insect herbivo...
An increase in species richness with decreasing latitude is a prominent pattern in nature. However, ...
Understanding species' interactions and the robustness of interaction networks to species loss is es...
Linking mechanistic processes to the stability of ecological networks is a key frontier in ecology. ...
International audienceNestedness and modularity are measures of ecological networks whose causative ...