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Don't bite the hand that feeds you: Meta food webs help in the face of the Eltonian shortfall.

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Title: Don't bite the hand that feeds you: Meta food webs help in the face of the Eltonian shortfall.
Authors: Botella, Christophe1 (AUTHOR) christophe.botella@inria.fr, Gaüzère, Pierre2 (AUTHOR), O'Connor, Louise2 (AUTHOR), Renaud, Julien2 (AUTHOR), Dou, Yue3,4 (AUTHOR), Graham, Catherine H.5 (AUTHOR), Verburg, Peter H.4,5 (AUTHOR), Maiorano, Luigi6 (AUTHOR), Thuiller, Wilfried2 (AUTHOR)
Source: Global Change Biology. Jun2024, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p1-2. 2p.
Subjects: Food chains, Mountain ecology
Abstract: The article discusses a study that challenges the conclusions about the influence of land use intensity on European tetrapod food webs. The study questions the realism of local meta food webs and the assumption that species will inevitably interact if they co-occur in the long run. The authors argue that while validating local meta food webs with empirical data would be ideal, it is challenging to observe interactions in the field. They also address the issue of land use intensity weakly explaining food web metric variation compared to climate and land use. The authors emphasize the importance of effect sizes associated with land use intensity and the proportions of different types of responses among the significant responses of food web metrics. They conclude by stating that they have no conflict of interest and that no datasets were generated or analyzed for the article. [Extracted from the article]
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Abstract:The article discusses a study that challenges the conclusions about the influence of land use intensity on European tetrapod food webs. The study questions the realism of local meta food webs and the assumption that species will inevitably interact if they co-occur in the long run. The authors argue that while validating local meta food webs with empirical data would be ideal, it is challenging to observe interactions in the field. They also address the issue of land use intensity weakly explaining food web metric variation compared to climate and land use. The authors emphasize the importance of effect sizes associated with land use intensity and the proportions of different types of responses among the significant responses of food web metrics. They conclude by stating that they have no conflict of interest and that no datasets were generated or analyzed for the article. [Extracted from the article]
ISSN:13541013
DOI:10.1111/gcb.17359