The dimensionality of ecological networks

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Eklof, Anna; Jacob, Ute; Kopp, Jason; Bosch, Jordi; Castro Urgal, Rocio; Chacoff, Natacha Paola; Dalsgaard, Bo; de Sassi, Claudio; Galetti, Mauro; Guimaraes, Paulo Roberto; Lomascolo, Silvia Beatriz; Martin Gonzalez, Ana M.; Pizo, Marco Aurelio; Rader, Romina; Rodrigo, Anselm; Tylianakis, Jason M.; Vazquez, Diego P.; Allesina, Stefano
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2013
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How many dimensions (trait-axes) are required to predict whether two species interact? This unanswered question originated with the idea of ecological niches, and yet bears relevance today for understanding what determines network structure. Here, we analyse a set of 200 ecological networks, including food webs, antagonistic and mutualistic networks, and find that the number of dimensions needed to completely explain all interactions is small ( < 10), with model selection favouring less than five. Using 18 high-quality webs including several species traits, we identify which traits contribute the most to explaining network structure. We show that accounting for a few traits dramatically improves our understanding of the structure of ecological networks. Matching traits for resources and consumers, for example, fruit size and bill gape, are the most successful combinations. These results link ecologically important species attributes to large-scale community structure.
Fil: Eklof, Anna. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
Fil: Jacob, Ute. Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science; Alemania
Fil: Kopp, Jason. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bosch, Jordi. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Castro Urgal, Rocio. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados; España
Fil: Chacoff, Natacha Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Dalsgaard, Bo. Universidad de Copenhagen; Dinamarca
Fil: de Sassi, Claudio. University Of Canterbury; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Galetti, Mauro. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil
Fil: Guimaraes, Paulo Roberto. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Lomascolo, Silvia Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Martin Gonzalez, Ana M.. Universidad de Copenhagen; Dinamarca. Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab; Estados Unidos
Fil: Pizo, Marco Aurelio. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil
Fil: Rader, Romina. Stockholms Universitet; Suecia
Fil: Rodrigo, Anselm. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Tylianakis, Jason M.. University Of Canterbury; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Vazquez, Diego P.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Allesina, Stefano. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
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Ecological Networks
Food Web Structure
Intervality
Niche Space
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title The dimensionality of ecological networks
spellingShingle The dimensionality of ecological networks
Eklof, Anna
Ecological Networks
Food Web Structure
Intervality
Niche Space
title_short The dimensionality of ecological networks
title_full The dimensionality of ecological networks
title_fullStr The dimensionality of ecological networks
title_full_unstemmed The dimensionality of ecological networks
title_sort The dimensionality of ecological networks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Eklof, Anna
Jacob, Ute
Kopp, Jason
Bosch, Jordi
Castro Urgal, Rocio
Chacoff, Natacha Paola
Dalsgaard, Bo
de Sassi, Claudio
Galetti, Mauro
Guimaraes, Paulo Roberto
Lomascolo, Silvia Beatriz
Martin Gonzalez, Ana M.
Pizo, Marco Aurelio
Rader, Romina
Rodrigo, Anselm
Tylianakis, Jason M.
Vazquez, Diego P.
Allesina, Stefano
author Eklof, Anna
author_facet Eklof, Anna
Jacob, Ute
Kopp, Jason
Bosch, Jordi
Castro Urgal, Rocio
Chacoff, Natacha Paola
Dalsgaard, Bo
de Sassi, Claudio
Galetti, Mauro
Guimaraes, Paulo Roberto
Lomascolo, Silvia Beatriz
Martin Gonzalez, Ana M.
Pizo, Marco Aurelio
Rader, Romina
Rodrigo, Anselm
Tylianakis, Jason M.
Vazquez, Diego P.
Allesina, Stefano
author_role author
author2 Jacob, Ute
Kopp, Jason
Bosch, Jordi
Castro Urgal, Rocio
Chacoff, Natacha Paola
Dalsgaard, Bo
de Sassi, Claudio
Galetti, Mauro
Guimaraes, Paulo Roberto
Lomascolo, Silvia Beatriz
Martin Gonzalez, Ana M.
Pizo, Marco Aurelio
Rader, Romina
Rodrigo, Anselm
Tylianakis, Jason M.
Vazquez, Diego P.
Allesina, Stefano
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecological Networks
Food Web Structure
Intervality
Niche Space
topic Ecological Networks
Food Web Structure
Intervality
Niche Space
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv How many dimensions (trait-axes) are required to predict whether two species interact? This unanswered question originated with the idea of ecological niches, and yet bears relevance today for understanding what determines network structure. Here, we analyse a set of 200 ecological networks, including food webs, antagonistic and mutualistic networks, and find that the number of dimensions needed to completely explain all interactions is small ( < 10), with model selection favouring less than five. Using 18 high-quality webs including several species traits, we identify which traits contribute the most to explaining network structure. We show that accounting for a few traits dramatically improves our understanding of the structure of ecological networks. Matching traits for resources and consumers, for example, fruit size and bill gape, are the most successful combinations. These results link ecologically important species attributes to large-scale community structure.
Fil: Eklof, Anna. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
Fil: Jacob, Ute. Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science; Alemania
Fil: Kopp, Jason. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bosch, Jordi. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Castro Urgal, Rocio. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados; España
Fil: Chacoff, Natacha Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Dalsgaard, Bo. Universidad de Copenhagen; Dinamarca
Fil: de Sassi, Claudio. University Of Canterbury; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Galetti, Mauro. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil
Fil: Guimaraes, Paulo Roberto. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Lomascolo, Silvia Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Martin Gonzalez, Ana M.. Universidad de Copenhagen; Dinamarca. Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab; Estados Unidos
Fil: Pizo, Marco Aurelio. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil
Fil: Rader, Romina. Stockholms Universitet; Suecia
Fil: Rodrigo, Anselm. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Tylianakis, Jason M.. University Of Canterbury; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Vazquez, Diego P.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Allesina, Stefano. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
description How many dimensions (trait-axes) are required to predict whether two species interact? This unanswered question originated with the idea of ecological niches, and yet bears relevance today for understanding what determines network structure. Here, we analyse a set of 200 ecological networks, including food webs, antagonistic and mutualistic networks, and find that the number of dimensions needed to completely explain all interactions is small ( < 10), with model selection favouring less than five. Using 18 high-quality webs including several species traits, we identify which traits contribute the most to explaining network structure. We show that accounting for a few traits dramatically improves our understanding of the structure of ecological networks. Matching traits for resources and consumers, for example, fruit size and bill gape, are the most successful combinations. These results link ecologically important species attributes to large-scale community structure.
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