Food Web Refs for CSSS 2006

Lecturers: J. Dunne and N. Martinez

  • Book: Ecological Networks: Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs. , M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne, eds. Oxford University Press

    Other resources (an evolving list):
  • Brose, U., E.L. Berlow, and N.D. Martinez. 2005. Scaling up keystone effects from simple modules to complex ecological networks. Ecology Letters 8: 1317-1325.
  • Camacho, J., Guimerˆ, R. & Amaral, L. A. N. 2002. Analytical solution of a model for complex food webs. Phys. Rev. Lett. E 65, 030901.
  • Camacho, J. & Arenas, A. 2005. Universal scaling in food-web structure? Nature 435, E3-E4.
  • Dunne, J.A. 2006. The network structure of food webs. Pages 27-86 in Ecological Networks: Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs. M. Pascual and J. A. Dunne, eds. Oxford University Press
  • Dunne, J.A., U. Brose, R.J. Williams, and N.D. Martinez. 2005. Modeling food-web structure and dynamics: Implications for complexity-stability. Pages 117-129 in Aquatic Food Webs: An Ecosystem Approach. A. Belgrano,
  • U. Scharler, J.A. Dunne, and R.E. Ulanowicz, eds. Oxford University Press.
  • Dunne, J.A., R.J. Williams, and N.D. Martinez. 2002a. Network structure and biodiversity loss in food webs: robustness increases with connectance. Ecology Letters 5: 558-567.
  • Dunne, J.A., R.J. Williams, and N.D. Martinez. 2002b. Food-web structure and network theory: The role of connectance and size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99: 12917-12922.
  • Garlaschelli, D., Caldarelli, G. & Pietronero, L. 2003. Universal scaling relations in food webs. Nature 423, 165-168.
  • Martinez, N.D., R.J. Williams, and J.A. Dunne. 2006. Diversity, complexity, and persistence in large model ecosystems. Pages 163-185 in Ecological Networks: Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs. M. Pascual and J.A. Dunne, eds. Oxford University Press, UK.
  • Roopnarine, P. D. 2006. Extinction cascades and catastrophe in ancient food webs. Paleobiology 32, 1-19.
  • Stouffer, D.B., J. Camacho, R. Guimera, and L.A.N. Amaral. 2005. Quantitative patterns in the structure of model and empirical food webs. Ecology 86: 1301-1311.
  • Strogatz, S.H. 2001. Exploring complex networks. Nature 410: 268-275.
  • Watts, D. J. & Strogatz, S. H. 1998. Collective dynamics of Ôsmall-worldÕ networks. Nature 393, 440-442.
  • Williams, R.J., E.L. Berlow, J.A. Dunne, A.-L. Barab‡si, and N.D. Martinez. 2002. Two degrees of separation in complex food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99: 12913-12916.
  • Williams, R.J., and N.D. Martinez. 2000. Simple rules yield complex food webs. Nature 404: 180-183.
  • Williams, R.J., and N.D. Martinez. 2004. Limits to trophic levels and omnivory in complex food webs: theory and data. American Naturalist 163: 458-468.