Broadstone.fl: 'Forbidden' links to accompany the 'Broadstone' data set

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Networks often contain 'forbidden links', where interactions are not possible between two taxa due to factors such as large differences in body size, spatio-temporal mismatches or specialised flower morphology in flower visitation networks. Broadstone.fl summarises the forbidden links in the Broadstone food web, estimated from the interactions observed from a complete year's sampling (Table 3 in Woodward et al. 2005). This table is illustrative, and should not be considered a definitive list.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 20 columns and seven rows, one row for each of the seven predator taxa. The first column (Predator) lists the seven taxa, whilst the remaining 19 columns are the invertebrate taxa in the food web: each element indicates whether the predator can consume that taxon (1) or whether the link is 'forbidden' (0).

Source

Woodward, G., Speirs, D.C. & Hildrew, A.G. (2005) Quantification and resolution of a complex, size-structured food web. Advances in Ecological Research, 36, 84–135.


ivaughan/nullnetr documentation built on May 12, 2019, 2 p.m.