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Mark E. Ledger
Researcher at University of Birmingham
Publications - 49
Citations - 4431
Mark E. Ledger is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecosystem & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 48 publications receiving 3888 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark E. Ledger include Queen Mary University of London.
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Ecological networks--beyond food webs.
Thomas C. Ings,José M. Montoya,José M. Montoya,Jordi Bascompte,Nico Blüthgen,Lee E. Brown,Carsten F. Dormann,Francois Edwards,Francois Edwards,David J. Figueroa,David J. Figueroa,Ute Jacob,J. Iwan Jones,Rasmus B. Lauridsen,Mark E. Ledger,Hannah Lewis,Jens M. Olesen,F. J. Frank van Veen,Phil H. Warren,Guy Woodward +19 more
TL;DR: A number of 'dead ends' and 'fruitful avenues' are suggested for future research into ecological networks by suggesting a new catalogue of evermore complete, taxonomically resolved, and quantitative data.
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Consumer–resource body-size relationships in natural food webs
Ulrich Brose,Tomas Jonsson,Eric L. Berlow,Eric L. Berlow,Philip H. Warren,Carolin Banašek-Richter,Louis-Félix Bersier,Julia L. Blanchard,Thomas Brey,Stephen R. Carpenter,Marie-France Cattin Blandenier,Lara Cushing,Hassan Ali Dawah,Tony Dell,Francois Edwards,Sarah Harper-Smith,Ute Jacob,Mark E. Ledger,Neo D. Martinez,Jane Memmott,Katja Mintenbeck,John K. Pinnegar,Björn C. Rall,Thomas S. Rayner,Daniel C. Reuman,Liliane Ruess,Werner Ulrich,Richard J. Williams,Guy Woodward,Joel E. Cohen +29 more
TL;DR: Using a unique global database on consumer and resource body sizes, it is shown that the mean body-size ratios of aquatic herbivorous and detritivorous consumers are several orders of magnitude larger than those of carnivorous predators.
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Biodiversity, species interactions and ecological networks in a fragmented world
Melanie Hagen,W. Daniel Kissling,Claus Rasmussen,Marcus A. M. de Aguiar,Lee E. Brown,Daniel W. Carstensen,Isabel Alves-dos-Santos,Yoko L. Dupont,Francois Edwards,Julieta Genini,Paulo R. Guimarães,Gareth B. Jenkins,Pedro Jordano,Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury,Mark E. Ledger,Kate P. Maia,Flavia Maria Darcie Marquitti,Orla McLaughlin,L. Patrícia C. Morellato,Eoin J. O'Gorman,Kristian Trøjelsgaard,Jason M. Tylianakis,Mariana Morais Vidal,Guy Woodward,Jens M. Olesen +24 more
TL;DR: Spatial and ecological networks need to be combined to explore the effects of dispersal, colonisation, extinction and habitat fragmentation on network structure and coevolutionary dynamics and embed network approaches more explicitly within applied ecology in general.
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Mesocosm Experiments as a Tool for Ecological Climate-Change Research
Rebecca Stewart,Matteo Dossena,David A. Bohan,Erik Jeppesen,Rebecca L. Kordas,Mark E. Ledger,Mariana Meerhoff,Mariana Meerhoff,Brian Moss,Christian Mulder,Jonathan B. Shurin,Blake Suttle,Ross M. Thompson,Mark Trimmer,Guy Woodward +14 more
TL;DR: A new database of over 250 post-1990 studies that have explored different components of climate change across a range of organisational levels, scales, and habitats is constructed and issues related to realism, reproducibility and control are assessed.
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Drought alters the structure and functioning of complex food webs
Mark E. Ledger,Lee E. Brown,Francois Edwards,Alexander M. Milner,Alexander M. Milner,Guy Woodward +5 more
TL;DR: Experimental research shows experimentally how the intensification of drought may alter the underlying structure and functioning of freshwater food webs.