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SUBMITTER: Zupo V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5367299 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zupo Valerio V Alexander Timothy J TJ Edgar Graham J GJ
Royal Society open science 20170208 2
The abundance and the distribution of trophic resources available for consumers influence the productivity and the diversity of natural communities. Nevertheless, assessment of the actual abundance of food items available for individual trophic groups has been constrained by differences in methods and metrics used by various authors. Here we develop an index of food abundance, the framework of which can be adapted for different ecosystems. The relative available food index (RAFI) is computed by ...[more]