Researchers participate in network science to challenge long-held ecological theory

Friday, October 7, 2011 - 09:01 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down general principles explaining why some habitats have so many more plant and animal species than others. Much of this debate is focused on the idea that the number of species is determined by the productivity of the habitat. Some would argue: Shouldn't a patch of prairie contain a different number of species than an arid steppe or an alpine tundra?

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