Report for: Introduction to the special issue: theory of food webs

The models of My: "with random strength of the interactions." https://t.co/bUs9QYlwfn

The models of May: "predator–prey, competition, facilitation, mutualism, commensalism." https://t.co/bUs9QYD76V

"The models of May represent communities with random types of interactions." Not just eating one another. https://t.co/bUs9QYD76V

RT @TenFleming: Niche differentiation: not "the Darwinian concept of competitive exclusion and the survival of the fittest." https://t.co/…

"Robert May "showed that aspects of biological complexity...("connectance”), constrains stability." https://t.co/bUs9QYlwfn

Biodiversity: the "buffering effects through the complex network of biological interactions with other species." https://t.co/bUs9QYlwfn

Biodiversity: "when a species is part of a species-rich community, it will be better able to withstand...change." https://t.co/bUs9QYlwfn

"Robert MacArthur (1955) "argued that “Biodiversity begets stability”. https://t.co/bUs9QYD76V

Niche differentiation: not "the Darwinian concept of competitive exclusion and the survival of the fittest." https://t.co/bUs9QYD76V

"Why are there so many species on earth?” One answer of course is “niche differentiation”." https://t.co/bUs9QYD76V

"Why are there so many species on earth?” Almost everywhere, we see many species living together." https://t.co/bUs9QYD76V

Introduction to the special issue: theory of food webs