How Structured Is the Entangled Bank? The Surprisingly Simple Organization of Multiplex Ecological Networks Leads to Increased Persistence and Resilience.

Species are linked to each other by a myriad of positive and negative interactions. This complex spectrum of interactions constitutes a network of links that mediates ecological communities' response to perturbations, such as exploitation and climate change. In the last decades, there have been...

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Main Authors: Sonia Kéfi, Vincent Miele, Evie A Wieters, Sergio A Navarrete, Eric L Berlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4972357?pdf=render