Data from: Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity
Jennifer A. Dunne, Kevin D. Lafferty, Andrew P. Dobson, Ryan F. Hechinger, Armand M. Kuris, Neo D. Martinez, John P. McLaughlin, Kim N. Mouritsen, Robert Poulin, Karsten Reise, Daniel B. Stouffer, David W. Thieltges, Richard J. Williams & Claus Dieter Zander
Comparative research on food web structure has revealed generalities in trophic organization, produced simple models, and allowed assessment of robustness to species loss. These studies have mostly focused on free-living species. Recent research has suggested that inclusion of parasites alters structure. We assess whether such changes in network structure result from unique roles and traits of parasites or from changes to diversity and complexity. We analyzed seven highly resolved food webs that include metazoan parasite...
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Estación Biológica de Doñana1
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University of Hamburg1
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Princeton University1
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Aarhus University1
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Santa Fe Institute1
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Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research1
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University of Otago1
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University of California, Santa Barbara1
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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research1
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Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)1