Emergence of food webs with a multi-trophic hierarchical structure driven by nonlinear trait-matching

• Published in: Journal of theoretical biology Vol. 605; p. 112091
• Main Authors: Laplanche, Christophe, Pey, Benjamin, Aguilée, Robin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 21.05.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Biological Evolution; Complex systems; Food Chain; Life Sciences; Models, Biological; Nonlinear Dynamics; Phenotype; Population Dynamics; Populations and Evolution; Self-organization; Trait-based modeling; Trophic network; Trophic network; Complex systems; Trait-based modeling; Self-organization
• ISSN: 0022-5193; 1095-8541; 1095-8541
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2025.112091

•Nonlinear trait-matching restricts trophic interactions in phenotypic space.•Nonlinear trait-matching allows for emergent food webs.•Population dynamics and evolution and nonlinear trait-matching combined allow for multi-trophic, multi-level food webs. Food webs are a central subject in community e...