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100 1 0 _aGaliana, Núria
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700 1 0 _aLurgi, Miguel
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700 1 0 _aBastazini, Vinicius A. G.
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700 1 0 _aBosch, Jordi
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_92157
700 1 0 _aCagnolo, Luciano
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_92158
700 1 0 _aCazelles, Kevin
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_92159
700 1 0 _aClaramunt-López, Bernat
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_92160
700 1 0 _aEmer, Carine
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_92161
700 1 0 _aFortin, Marie-Josée
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_92162
700 1 0 _aGrass, Ingo
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_92163
700 1 0 _aHernández-Castellano, Carlos
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_92164
700 1 0 _aJauker, Frank
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_92165
700 1 0 _aLeroux, Shawn J.
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_92166
700 1 0 _aMcCann, Kevin
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_92167
700 1 0 _aMcLeod, Anne M.
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_92168
700 1 0 _aMontoya, Daniel
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_92169
700 1 0 _aMulder, Christian
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_92170
700 1 0 _aOsorio-Canadas, Sergio
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_92171
700 1 0 _aReverté, Sara
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_92172
700 1 0 _aRodrigo, Anselm
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_92173
700 1 0 _aSteffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
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_92174
700 1 0 _aTraveset, Anna
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_92175
700 1 0 _aValverde, Sergi
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_92176
700 1 0 _aVázquez, Diego P.
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_92177
700 1 0 _aWood, Spencer A.
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_92178
700 1 0 _aGravel, Dominique
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_92179
700 1 0 _aRoslin, Tomas
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_92180
700 1 0 _aThuiller, Wilfried
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700 1 0 _aMontoya, José M.
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245 0 0 _aEcological network complexity scales with area
260 _c2022-03-01.
500 _a/pmc/articles/PMC7614050/
500 _a/pubmed/35027724
520 _aLarger 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.
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690 _aArticle
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786 0 _nNat Ecol Evol
856 4 1 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01644-4
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999 _c2025
_d2025