Interaction strength

Quantifying predator dependence in the functional response of generalist predators
A long‐standing debate concerns how functional responses are best described. Theory suggests that ratio dependence is consistent with …
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Quantifying predator dependence in the functional response of generalist predators
Using Survival Models to Estimate Invertebrate Prey Identification Times in a Generalist Stream Fish
Estimates of predator feeding rates are important for understanding trophic dynamics. One common method for quantifying feeding rates …
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Using Survival Models to Estimate Invertebrate Prey Identification Times in a Generalist Stream Fish
Characterizing species interactions to understand press perturbations: What is the community matrix?
The community matrix is among ecology’s most important mathematical abstractions, formally encapsulating the interconnected …
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Characterizing species interactions to understand press perturbations: What is the community matrix?
Using stable isotopes to quantify species interaction strengths
Understanding ecological interaction strengths is one of the main objectives of ecology. Recently, two methods for estimating …
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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 …
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Trophic omnivory across a productivity gradient: intraguild predation theory and the structure and strength of species interactions
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 …
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Probabilistic patterns of interaction: the effects of link-strength variability on food web structure
Using the functional response of a consumer to predict biotic resistance to invasive prey
Predators sometimes provide biotic resistance against invasions by nonnative prey. Understanding and predicting the strength of biotic …
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Using the functional response of a consumer to predict biotic resistance to invasive prey
Merging Resource Availability with Isotope Mixing Models: The Role of Neutral Interaction Assumptions
Bayesian mixing models have allowed for the inclusion of uncertainty and prior information in the analysis of trophic interactions …
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Merging Resource Availability with Isotope Mixing Models: The Role of Neutral Interaction Assumptions
Estimating interaction strengths in nature: experimental support for an observational approach
The complexity of food webs poses a significant hurdle for our growing understanding of the structure and dynamics of ecological …
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Estimating interaction strengths in nature: experimental support for an observational approach
Using experimental indices to quantify the strength of species interactions

Few methods for demonstrating the effects of species interactions rival that of the manipulative experiment (Kareiva and Levin 2002). …
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Using experimental indices to quantify the strength of species interactions