Scale‐Invariant or Scale‐Dependent Behavior of the Link Density Property in Food Webs: A Matter of Sampling Effort?

Using two models, Bersier et al show that low sampling effort tends to produce the appearance of scale invariance in intrinsically scale-dependent systems.

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Published in:	The American naturalist Vol. 153; no. 6; pp. 676 - 682
Main Authors:	Bersier, Louis‐Félix, Dixon, Paul, Sugihara, George
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States The University of Chicago Press 01-06-1999 University of Chicago, acting through its Press
Subjects:	Biomass Food chains Food webs Modeling Notes and Comments Parametric models Predators Property titles Random sampling Sampling distributions Species Trophic relationships food webs scale dependence sampling bias null model scale invariance connectance
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Summary:	Using two models, Bersier et al show that low sampling effort tends to produce the appearance of scale invariance in intrinsically scale-dependent systems.
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ISSN:	0003-0147 1537-5323
DOI:	10.1086/303200