Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile

Despite their complexity, ecological networks appear robust to species loss. Here, Strona and Lafferty use artificial life simulations and real-world data to show that such robustness applies to stable conditions, but can collapse when the environment changes.

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Autores principales: Giovanni Strona, Kevin D. Lafferty
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bf0f6e022b0549b2953c7618e0bfc5f12021-12-02T16:58:12ZEnvironmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile10.1038/ncomms124622041-1723https://doaj.org/article/bf0f6e022b0549b2953c7618e0bfc5f12016-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12462https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Despite their complexity, ecological networks appear robust to species loss. Here, Strona and Lafferty use artificial life simulations and real-world data to show that such robustness applies to stable conditions, but can collapse when the environment changes.Giovanni StronaKevin D. LaffertyNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2016)
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Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile
description Despite their complexity, ecological networks appear robust to species loss. Here, Strona and Lafferty use artificial life simulations and real-world data to show that such robustness applies to stable conditions, but can collapse when the environment changes.
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title Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile
title_short Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile
title_full Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile
title_fullStr Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile
title_full_unstemmed Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile
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