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Beyond species: why ecological interaction networks vary through space and time by Poisot, Timothée, Stouffer, Daniel B., Gravel, Dominique

“…Community ecology is tasked with the considerable challenge of predicting the structure, and properties, of emerging ecosystems. It requires the ability to…”
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Stability and complexity in model meta-ecosystems by Gravel, Dominique, Massol, François, Leibold, Mathew A.

“…The diversity of life and its organization in networks of interacting species has been a long-standing theoretical puzzle for ecologists. Ever since May’s…”
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dissimilarity of species interaction networks by Poisot, Timothée, Canard, Elsa, Mouillot, David, Mouquet, Nicolas, Gravel, Dominique

“…In a context of global changes, and amidst the perpetual modification of community structure undergone by most natural ecosystems, it is more important than…”
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Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research by Gonzalez, Andrew, Germain, Rachel M., Srivastava, Diane S., Filotas, Elise, Dee, Laura E., Gravel, Dominique, Thompson, Patrick L., Isbell, Forest, Wang, Shaopeng, Kéfi, Sonia, Montoya, Jose, Zelnik, Yuval R., Loreau, Michel, Brose, Ulrich

“…A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily focused on small scales. We review the current theory and…”
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What constrains food webs? A maximum entropy framework for predicting their structure with minimal biases by Banville, Francis, Gravel, Dominique, Poisot, Timothée

“…Food webs are complex ecological networks whose structure is both ecologically and statistically constrained, with many network properties being correlated…”
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On the sensitivity of food webs to multiple stressors by Beauchesne, David, Cazelles, Kevin, Archambault, Philippe, Dee, Laura E., Gravel, Dominique, Wootton, Tim

“…Evaluating the effects of multiple stressors on ecosystems is becoming increasingly vital with global changes. The role of species interactions in propagating…”
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Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application by Loreau, Michel, Barbier, Matthieu, Filotas, Elise, Gravel, Dominique, Isbell, Forest, Miller, Steve J., Montoya, Jose M., Wang, Shaopeng, Aussenac, Raphaël, Germain, Rachel, Thompson, Patrick L., Gonzalez, Andrew, Dee, Laura E.

“…ABSTRACT Biological insurance theory predicts that, in a variable environment, aggregate ecosystem properties will vary less in more diverse communities…”
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No complexity–stability relationship in empirical ecosystems by Jacquet, Claire, Moritz, Charlotte, Morissette, Lyne, Legagneux, Pierre, Massol, François, Archambault, Philippe, Gravel, Dominique

“…Understanding the mechanisms responsible for stability and persistence of ecosystems is one of the greatest challenges in ecology. Robert May showed that,…”
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Extending the concept of keystone species to communities and ecosystems by Mouquet, Nicolas, Gravel, Dominique, Massol, François, Calcagno, Vincent

“…Keystone species are defined as having disproportionate importance in their community. This concept has proved useful and is now often used in conservation…”
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Landscape heterogeneity buffers biodiversity of simulated meta-food-webs under global change through rescue and drainage effects by Ryser, Remo, Hirt, Myriam R., Häussler, Johanna, Gravel, Dominique, Brose, Ulrich

“…Habitat fragmentation and eutrophication have strong impacts on biodiversity. Metacommunity research demonstrated that reduction in landscape connectivity may…”
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When is an ecological network complex? Connectance drives degree distribution and emerging network properties by Poisot, Timothée, Gravel, Dominique

“…Connectance and degree distributions are important components of the structure of ecological networks. In this contribution, we use a statistical argument and…”
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Linking community and ecosystem dynamics through spatial ecology by Massol, François, Gravel, Dominique, Mouquet, Nicolas, Cadotte, Marc W, Fukami, Tadashi, Leibold, Mathew A

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 313-323 ABSTRACT: Classical approaches to food webs focus on patterns and processes occurring at the community level rather than at…”
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Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and saprotrophic fungal diversity are linked to different tree community attributes in a field-based tree experiment by Nguyen, Nhu H., Williams, Laura J., Vincent, John B., Stefanski, Artur, Cavender-Bares, Jeannine, Messier, Christian, Paquette, Alain, Gravel, Dominique, Reich, Peter B., Kennedy, Peter G.

“…Exploring the link between above‐ and belowground biodiversity has been a major theme of recent ecological research, due in large part to the increasingly…”
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Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis by Gravel, Dominique, Canham, Charles D., Beaudet, Marilou, Messier, Christian

“…In this study, we ask if instead of being fundamentally opposed, niche and neutral theories could simply be located at the extremes of a continuum. First, we…”
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Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity–productivity relationship by Gravel, Dominique, Bell, Thomas, Barbera, Claire, Bouvier, Thierry, Pommier, Thomas, Venail, Patrick, Mouquet, Nicolas

“…Biodiversity in the ecosystem The positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function is well established, but the specific shape of the…”
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Persistence increases with diversity and connectance in trophic metacommunities by Gravel, Dominique, Canard, Elsa, Guichard, Frédéric, Mouquet, Nicolas

“…We are interested in understanding if metacommunity dynamics contribute to the persistence of complex spatial food webs subject to colonization-extinction…”
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On the integration of biotic interaction and environmental constraints at the biogeographical scale by Cazelles, Kévin, Mouquet, Nicolas, Mouillot, David, Gravel, Dominique

“…Biogeography is primarily concerned with the spatial distribution of biodiversity, including performing scenarios in a changing environment. The efforts…”
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Advancing biodiversity–ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients by Tobner, Cornelia M, Paquette, Alain, Reich, Peter B, Gravel, Dominique, Messier, Christian

“…Increasing concern about loss of biodiversity and its effects on ecosystem functioning has triggered a series of manipulative experiments worldwide, which have…”
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Identifying a common backbone of interactions underlying food webs from different ecosystems by Bramon Mora, Bernat, Gravel, Dominique, Gilarranz, Luis J., Poisot, Timothée, Stouffer, Daniel B.

“…Although the structure of empirical food webs can differ between ecosystems, there is growing evidence of multiple ways in which they also exhibit common…”
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Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives by Mouquet, Nicolas, Devictor, Vincent, Meynard, Christine N., Munoz, Francois, Bersier, Louis-Félix, Chave, Jérôme, Couteron, Pierre, Dalecky, Ambroise, Fontaine, Colin, Gravel, Dominique, Hardy, Olivier J., Jabot, Franck, Lavergne, Sébastien, Leibold, Mathew, Mouillot, David, Münkemüller, Tamara, Pavoine, Sandrine, Prinzing, Andreas, Rodrigues, Ana S.L., Rohr, Rudolf P., Thébault, Elisa, Thuiller, Wilfried

“…Ecophylogenetics can be viewed as an emerging fusion of ecology, biogeography and macroevolution. This new and fast‐growing field is promoting the…”
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