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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: E. McDonald-Madden, R. Sabbadin, E. T. Game, P. W. J. Baxter, I. Chadès, H. P. Possingham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10245