Identifying key taxa in the response of ecosystems to perturbations relies on quantifying both
their sensitivity to stressors and their importance in the overall web of interactions. If …

Understanding why food chains are relatively short in length has been an area of research
and debate for decades. We tested if progressive changes in the nutritional content of …

Network analysis, a branch of discrete mathematics that quantifies the structure of links
between a set of nodes, is emerging as a powerful methodology to approach complex …

The maintenance and resilience of host-associated microbiota during development is a
fundamental process influencing the fitness of many organisms. Several host properties …

Management targets for biodiversity preservation are shifting from individual species to an
ecosystem-wide focus. Indeed, the perturbation analysis of interaction networks, such as …

Networks of trophic interactions provide a lot of information on the functioning of marine
ecosystems. Beyond feeding habits, three additional traits (mobility, size, and habitat) of …

Network analysis is employed in biodiversity studies to explore the possible ecological
implications of taxa co-occurrences across time or space, but the conceptual robustness of …

Ecosystem vulnerability is a major concern for management purposes, especially when
directed toward conservation and sustainable exploitation. We estimate the relative …

The advent of metabarcoding (metaB) in aquatic ecology has provided a huge amount of
information on plankton biodiversity worldwide. However, the large datasets obtained with …

Anthropic activities impact ecosystems worldwide thus contributing to the rapid erosion of
biodiversity. The failure of traditional strategies targeting single species highlighted …