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Carlos J. Melián
Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Publications - 50
Citations - 5353
Carlos J. Melián is an academic researcher from Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Ecological network. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 47 publications receiving 4656 citations. Previous affiliations of Carlos J. Melián include University of California, Santa Barbara & State Street Corporation.
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The nested assembly of plant-animal mutualistic networks
TL;DR: It is shown that mutualistic networks are highly nested; that is, the more specialist species interact only with proper subsets of those species interacting with the more generalists, which generates highly asymmetrical interactions and organizes the community cohesively around a central core of interactions.
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Interaction strength combinations and the overfishing of a marine food web
TL;DR: By using a food web model, it is shown that interaction strength combinations reduce the likelihood of trophic cascades after the overfishing of top predators, and the potential for strong community-wide effects remains a threat.
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Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks
Diego P. Vázquez,Carlos J. Melián,Neal M. Williams,Nico Blüthgen,Boris R. Krasnov,Robert Poulin +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that across all types of networks asymmetry was correlated with abundance, so that rare species were asymmetrically affected by their abundant partners, while pairs of interacting abundant species tended to exhibit more symmetric, reciprocally strong effects.
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Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients.
Loïc Pellissier,Camille Albouy,Camille Albouy,Jordi Bascompte,Nina Farwig,Catherine H. Graham,Michel Loreau,María Alejandra Maglianesi,Carlos J. Melián,Camille Pitteloud,Tomas Roslin,Rudolf P. Rohr,Serguei Saavedra,Wilfried Thuiller,Guy Woodward,Niklaus E. Zimmermann,Dominique Gravel +16 more
TL;DR: This review of studies investigating variation in network structures along environmental gradients highlights how methodological decisions about standardization can influence their conclusions, and warns against a comparison of studies that rely on distinct forms of standardization.
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Simple trophic modules for complex food webs
Jordi Bascompte,Carlos J. Melián +1 more
TL;DR: While apparent competition and intraguild predation are overrepresented when compared to a suite of null models, the frequency of omnivory highly varies across communities.