Kayla R. S. Hale

Theoretical / computational ecologist

Tag: terrestrial ecosystems

  • Bioenergetic approaches to terrestrial food webs – new traits for new habitats

    Food webs tend to be strongly size-structured, with larger, slower-growing consumers eating broader ranges of smaller, faster-growing resources (Williams & Martinez 2000, Brose et al. 2006). Bioenergetic network models use species’ body size as a key trait to constrain the feeding and vital rates of species (via “allometric scaling laws”), creating plausible simulations of food Read.

  • Pollination mutualisms increase diversity, stability, and function in complex ecosystems

    “Aside from their pollination function, pollinators consume and are consumed by other members of ecological communities, which influences the controversial effects of pollinators on ecological networks. Here the authors show that when mutualists such as pollinators are introduced into food webs, they increase ecosystem biodiversity, stability, and function.” – Editor’s Summary The role of mutualism in Read.