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Deciphering the Interdependence between Ecological and Evolutionary Networks.
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Deciphering the Interdependence between Ecological and Evolutionary Networks.

  • Melián CJ Fish Ecology and Evolution Department, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland. Electronic address: carlos.melian@eawag.ch.
  • Matthews B Department of Aquatic Ecology, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland.
  • de Andreazzi CS Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Rodríguez JP Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
  • Harmon LJ Fish Ecology and Evolution Department, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA.
  • Fortuna MA Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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  • 2018-05-29
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  • Trends in ecology & evolution. - 2018
Complex trait
Epistasis
Food webs
Gene interaction networks
Interaction strength
Meta-ecosystems
Metacommunity
Pleiotropy
Animals
Biological Evolution
Ecosystem
Food Chain
Gene Regulatory Networks
Invertebrates
Models, Biological
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Vertebrates
English Biological systems consist of elements that interact within and across hierarchical levels. For example, interactions among genes determine traits of individuals, competitive and cooperative interactions among individuals influence population dynamics, and interactions among species affect the dynamics of communities and ecosystem processes. Such systems can be represented as hierarchical networks, but can have complex dynamics when interdependencies among levels of the hierarchy occur. We propose integrating ecological and evolutionary processes in hierarchical networks to explore interdependencies in biological systems. We connect gene networks underlying predator-prey trait distributions to food webs. Our approach addresses longstanding questions about how complex traits and intraspecific trait variation affect the interdependencies among biological levels and the stability of meta-ecosystems.
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  • English
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