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SUBMITTER: Liao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5543212 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liao Jinbao J Bearup Daniel D Blasius Bernd B
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170701 1859
Habitat destruction, characterized by patch loss and fragmentation, is a key driver of biodiversity loss. There has been some progress in the theory of spatial food webs; however, to date, practically nothing is known about how patch configurational fragmentation influences multi-trophic food web dynamics. We develop a spatially extended patch-dynamic model for different food webs by linking patch connectivity with trophic-dependent dispersal (i.e. higher trophic levels displaying longer-range d ...[more]