Fit, efficiency, and biology: Some thoughts on judging food web models

Owen L. Petchey (1, 2) , Andrew P. Beckerman (1) , Jens O. Riede (3) , Philip H. Warren (1)

1 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
2 UZH - Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich
3 Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

► Understanding the structure of food webs is a long running challenge in ecology. ► Food web models vary in their motivation, formulation, and amount of biology. ► Model comparisons should take these differences into consideration. ► Much could be revealed about food web models by natural or manipulative experiments.

Mots clés: Life Sciences

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Owen L. Petchey, Andrew P. Beckerman, Jens O. Riede, Philip H. Warren. Fit, efficiency, and biology: Some thoughts on judging food web models. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2011, ⟨10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.03.019⟩. ⟨hal-00694278⟩