Using food-web theory to conserve ecosystems

The influence of species conservation on food webs is less well understood than the effects of species loss. Here, the authors test several indices against optimal food web management and find no current metrics are reliably effective at identifying species conservation priorities.

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Autores principales: E. McDonald-Madden, R. Sabbadin, E. T. Game, P. W. J. Baxter, I. Chadès, H. P. Possingham
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c3276ac0028e48369bfbf21eedb9211c2021-12-02T14:40:16ZUsing food-web theory to conserve ecosystems10.1038/ncomms102452041-1723https://doaj.org/article/c3276ac0028e48369bfbf21eedb9211c2016-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10245https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The influence of species conservation on food webs is less well understood than the effects of species loss. Here, the authors test several indices against optimal food web management and find no current metrics are reliably effective at identifying species conservation priorities.E. McDonald-MaddenR. SabbadinE. T. GameP. W. J. BaxterI. ChadèsH. P. PossinghamNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016)
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Using food-web theory to conserve ecosystems
description The influence of species conservation on food webs is less well understood than the effects of species loss. Here, the authors test several indices against optimal food web management and find no current metrics are reliably effective at identifying species conservation priorities.
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