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food web structure — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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food web structure

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 16 | Mentions: 25

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Knowledge graph centered on food web structure with 77 nodes and 186 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ligusticum porteri, Bombus appositus, Bombus vosnesenskii.

Definition

The network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem

Related Terms (1)

stream food webs

Publications (18)

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

2024Effects of Climate Change on Insects: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Ecological Responsescontext

Cross-trophic-level dynamics in aquatic ecosystems and their application across ecological contexts

2023primary focus

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

2022Arctic Scienceprimary focus

Do microorganisms obey macroecological rules?

2021Authoreacontext

Biotic interactions at species’ range limits in a changing climate

2021measured variable

Biotic interactions at species’ range limits in a changing climate

2021primary focus

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

Advanced phenology of higher trophic levels shifts aphid host plant preferences and performance

Documents (3)

Cattle a Vital Link in the Global Food Chain

technical report

Toxic Waste Papers- John Cairns

environmental assessment

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Related Concepts (10)

prey selection

process11 shared papers

temporal flexibility

phenomenon11 shared papers

phenology

process10 shared papers

elevation gradient

phenomenon10 shared papers

climate change

phenomenon10 shared papers

snowpack persistence

process8 shared papers

population dynamics

theory7 shared papers

phenological mismatch

phenomenon7 shared papers

thermal constraints

process7 shared papers

space use

measurement6 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae9 papers

aquatic insects

Rushes

Trichoptera

T. sessile

brook trout

Bacteria

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned5 papers

Lepidoptera

Spruce

thesis

Advanced phenology of higher trophic levels shifts aphid host plant preferences and performance

2019primary focus

The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

2019primary focus

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The Ecology of Place

What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010primary focus

Ecological stoichiomety of consumer-resource interaction in lotic food webs

Effects of the nuisance diatom <i>Didymosphenia geminata</i> on invertebrates in a Rocky Mountain stream

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

Life histories and the strengths of species interactions: combining mortality, growth, and fecundity effects

1998Ecologycontext

Fitness and community consequences of avoiding multiple predators

1998Oecologiaprimary focus