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Avoiding artifacts when varying the number of species in ecological models.
Ecology letters - 1 Sept 2021
Moisset de Espanés Pablo, Ramos-Jiliberto Rodrigo, Soto José A
Abstract excerpt
Ecological theory recognizes the importance of the variety of species for maintaining the functioning of ecosystems and their derived services. We assert that when studying the effects of shifts in biodiversity levels using mathematical models, their dynamics must be sensitive to the variety of species traits but not to raw species numbers, a property that we call order-invariance. We present a testing procedure...
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