Food webs are a powerful whole‐system way to represent the patterns of biodiversity and
energy flow in a readily quantifiable framework amenable to comparative analyses …

The stability of ecological communities depends strongly on quantitative characteristics of
population interactions (type‐II vs. type‐III functional responses) and the distribution of body …

We explore the spectra and localization properties of the N-site banded one-dimensional
non-Hermitian random matrices that arise naturally in sparse neural networks …

The predator functional response (ie per capita consumption rate as a function of prey
density) is central to our understanding of predator–prey population dynamics. This …

Environmentally cued plasticity in hatching timing is widespread in animals. As with later life‐
history switch points, plasticity in hatching timing may have carryover effects that affect …

Functional responses are central to predator–prey dynamics and describe how predation
varies with prey abundance. Functional responses often are measured without regard to …

Here, we investigate patterns in the size structure of one marine and six freshwater food
webs: that is, how the trophic structure of such ecological networks is governed by the body …

Understanding the factors that determine the strength of predator–prey interactions is
essential to understanding community structure and stability. Variation in the strength of …

Biodiversity is declining on a global scale and the spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is a
major driver, particularly through predatory impacts. Thus, effective means of assessing and …

Predation is a pervasive force that structures food webs and directly influences ecosystem
functioning. The relative body sizes of predators and prey may be an important determinant …