Food-web models predict species abundances in response to habitat change.

Plant and animal population sizes inevitably change following habitat loss, but the mechanisms underlying these changes are poorly understood. We experimentally altered habitat volume and eliminated top trophic levels of the food web of invertebrates that inhabit rain-filled leaves of the carnivorou...

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Main Authors: Nicholas J Gotelli, Aaron M Ellison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1570498?pdf=render