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Food Webs

Food Webs is an ecological concept that represents the network structure of trophic interactions among organisms within a community or ecosystem, depicting multiple, interconnected food chains that trace the pathways of energy and matter flow.

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2017–2026

666

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Food Web

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Network Motifs: Simple Building Blocks of Complex Networks

Ron Milo, Shai S. Shen-Orr, Shalev Itzkovitz et al. · Science · 2002 · 7.5K citations

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Stepwise enrichment of 15N along food chains: Further evidence and the relation between δ15N and animal age

Masao Minagawa, Eitaro Wada · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1984 · 4.1K citations

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Toward an Integration of Landscape and Food Web Ecology: The Dynamics of Spatially Subsidized Food Webs

Gary A. Polis, Wendy B. Anderson, Robert D. Holt · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1997 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Food Web Complexity and Community Dynamics

Gary A. Polis, Donald R. Strong · The American Naturalist · 1996 · 2.1K citations

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Food Webs: Linkage, Interaction Strength and Community Infrastructure

Robert T. Paine · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1980 · 1.8K citations

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Authors

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  1. UB
    Ulrich Brose

    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Germany

    36 publications · 5.2K citations

    33

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  2. JE
    Joel E. Cohen

    Rockefeller University, United States

    32 publications · 6.1K citations

    27

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  3. ND
    Neo D. Martinez

    San Francisco State University, United States

    29 publications · 9.6K citations

    26

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  4. KS
    Kevin S. McCann

    University of Guelph, Canada

    32 publications · 5.3K citations

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  5. NN
    Nathalie Niquil

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    23 publications · 1.2K citations

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Institutions

2.1K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    52 h-index

    520 publications

    58.2K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    43 h-index

    101 publications

    15.3K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    38 h-index

    99 publications

    9.8K citations

  4. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    37 h-index

    146 publications

    10.4K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    33 h-index

    61 publications

    5.5K citations

  6. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    32 h-index

    72 publications

    7.9K citations

  7. Institut de Ciències del Mar

    Barcelona, Spain

    31 h-index

    67 publications

    16.1K citations

  8. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    74 publications

    9.6K citations

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  1. Ecology

    159 publications · 22.8K citations

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  2. Oikos

    116 publications · 10K citations

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  3. Oecologia

    86 publications · 7.3K citations

    49

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  4. Ecology Letters

    62 publications · 11.8K citations

    48

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 63 publications · 9.6K citations

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