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DOI | 10.1111/ele.12912 |
Network spandrels reflect ecological assembly | |
Maynard, Daniel S.1; Servan, Carlos A.1; Allesina, Stefano1,2,3 | |
2018-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGY LETTERS |
ISSN | 1461-023X |
EISSN | 1461-0248 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 21期号:3页码:324-334 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Ecological networks that exhibit stable dynamics should theoretically persist longer than those that fluctuate wildly. Thus, network structures which are over-represented in natural systems are often hypothesised to be either a cause or consequence of ecological stability. Rarely considered, however, is that these network structures can also be by-products of the processes that determine how new species attempt to join the community. Using a simulation approach in tandem with key results from random matrix theory, we illustrate how historical assembly mechanisms alter the structure of ecological networks. We demonstrate that different community assembly scenarios can lead to the emergence of structures that are often interpreted as evidence of 'selection for stability'. However, by controlling for the underlying selection pressures, we show that these assembly artefacts-or spandrels-are completely unrelated to stability or selection, and are instead by-products of how new species are introduced into the system. We propose that these network-assembly spandrels are critically overlooked aspects of network theory and stability analysis, and we illustrate how a failure to adequately account for historical assembly can lead to incorrect inference about the causes and consequences of ecological stability. |
英文关键词 | Coexistence community assembly interspecific competition network structure stability |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000424890900002 |
WOS关键词 | INTRANSITIVE COMPETITION ; FOOD WEBS ; STABILITY ; ARCHITECTURE ; COMMUNITIES ; COEXISTENCE ; EMERGENCE ; EVOLUTION ; MOTIFS ; DIVERSIFICATION |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/31439 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Chicago, Dept Ecol & Evolut, 1101 E 57th, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 2.Univ Chicago, Computat Inst, 5735 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 3.Northwestern Univ, Northwestern Inst Complex Syst, 600 Foster St, Evanston, IL 60208 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Maynard, Daniel S.,Servan, Carlos A.,Allesina, Stefano. Network spandrels reflect ecological assembly[J]. ECOLOGY LETTERS,2018,21(3):324-334. |
APA | Maynard, Daniel S.,Servan, Carlos A.,&Allesina, Stefano.(2018).Network spandrels reflect ecological assembly.ECOLOGY LETTERS,21(3),324-334. |
MLA | Maynard, Daniel S.,et al."Network spandrels reflect ecological assembly".ECOLOGY LETTERS 21.3(2018):324-334. |
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