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Complexity increases predictability in allometrically constrained food webs
All ecosystems are subjected to chronic disturbances, such as harvest, pollution, and climate change. The capacity to forecast how …
Iles
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Novak
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Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries
Habitat loss, overexploitation, and numerous other stressors have caused global declines in apex predators. This “trophic downgrading” …
Stier
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Samhouri
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Novak
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Marshall
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Ward
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Holt
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Levin
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Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century
Kelp forests (Order Laminariales) form key biogenic habitats in coastal regions of temperate and Arctic seas worldwide, providing …
Krumhansl
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Okamoto
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Rassweiler
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Novak
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Bolton
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Cavanaugh
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Connell
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Johnson
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Konar
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Ling
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Micheli
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Norderhaug
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Pérez-Matus
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Sousa-Pinto
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Reed
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Salomon
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Shears
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Wernberg
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Anderson
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Barrett
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Buschmann
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Carr
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Caselle
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Derrien-Courtel
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Edgar
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Edwards
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Estes
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Goodwin
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Kenner
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Kushner
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Moy
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Nunn
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Steneck
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Vásquez
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Watson
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Witman
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Byrnes
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Selection on stability across ecological scales
Much of the focus in evolutionary biology has been on the adaptive differentiation among organisms. It is equally important to …
Borrelli
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Allesina
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Amarasekare
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Arditi
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Chase
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Damuth
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Holt
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Logofet
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Novak
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Rohr
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Rossberg
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Spencer
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Tran
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Ginzburg
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Timescales alter the inferred strength and temporal consistency of intraspecific diet specialization
Many populations consist of individuals that differ substantially in their diets. Quantification of the magnitude and temporal …
Novak
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Tinker
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Where does the time go?: Mixing and the depth-dependent distribution of fossil ages
Knowing how time is distributed within a fossil record is fundamental to paleobiology. Many efforts to quantify temporal resolution …
Terry
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Novak
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An Online Database for Informing Ecological Network Models: http://kelpforest.ucsc.edu
Ecological network models and analyses are recognized as valuable tools for understanding the dynamics and resiliency of ecosystems, …
Beas-Luna
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Novak
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Carr
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Tinker
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Black
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Caselle
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Hoban
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Malone
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Iles
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A multi-decade time series of kelp forest community structure at San Nicolas Island, California (USA)
San Nicolas Island is surrounded by broad areas of shallow subtidal habitat, characterized by dynamic kelp forest communities that …
Kenner
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Estes
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Tinker
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Bodkin
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Cowen
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Harrold
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Hatfield
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Novak
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Rassweiler
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Reed
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Trophic omnivory across a productivity gradient: intraguild predation theory and the structure and strength of species interactions
Intraguild predation theory centres on two predictions: (i) for an omnivore and an intermediate predator (IG-prey) to coexist on shared …
Novak
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Probabilistic patterns of interaction: the effects of link-strength variability on food web structure
Patterns of species interactions affect the dynamics of food webs. An important component of species interactions that is rarely …
Yeakel
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Guimarães
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Novak
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Fox-Dobbs
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Koch
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