TY  - BOOK
AU  - Galiana,Núria
AU  - Lurgi,Miguel
AU  - Bastazini,Vinicius A.G.
AU  - Bosch,Jordi
AU  - Cagnolo,Luciano
AU  - Cazelles,Kevin
AU  - Claramunt-López,Bernat
AU  - Emer,Carine
AU  - Fortin,Marie-Josée
AU  - Grass,Ingo
AU  - Hernández-Castellano,Carlos
AU  - Jauker,Frank
AU  - Leroux,Shawn J.
AU  - McCann,Kevin
AU  - McLeod,Anne M.
AU  - Montoya,Daniel
AU  - Mulder,Christian
AU  - Osorio-Canadas,Sergio
AU  - Reverté,Sara
AU  - Rodrigo,Anselm
AU  - Steffan-Dewenter,Ingolf
AU  - Traveset,Anna
AU  - Valverde,Sergi
AU  - Vázquez,Diego P.
AU  - Wood,Spencer A.
AU  - Gravel,Dominique
AU  - Roslin,Tomas
AU  - Thuiller,Wilfried
AU  - Montoya,José M.
TI  - Ecological network complexity scales with area
PY  - 2022///-03-01
KW  - Text
KW  - local
N1  - /pmc/articles/PMC7614050; /pubmed/35027724
N2  - Larger geographical areas contain more species-an observation raised to a law in ecology. Less explored is whether biodiversity changes are accompanied by a modification of interaction networks. We use data from 32 spatial interaction networks from different ecosystems to analyse how network structure changes with area. We find that basic community structure descriptors (number of species, links and links per species) increase with area following a power law. Yet, the distribution of links per species varies little with area, indicating that the fundamental organization of interactions within networks is conserved. Our null model analyses suggest that the spatial scaling of network structure is determined by factors beyond species richness and the number of links. We demonstrate that biodiversity-area relationships can be extended from species counts to higher levels of network complexity. Therefore, the consequences of anthropogenic habitat destruction may extend from species loss to wider simplification of natural communities
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01644-4
ER  -