Ecologists have historically represented consumer–resource interactions with boxes and
arrows. A key assumption of this conceptualization is that all individuals inside a box are …

In this paper, we argue that understanding marine ecosystem functioning requires a
thorough appreciation of the role of intraguild predation to system dynamics. The theoretical …

We synthesise traditional unstructured food webs, allometric body size scaling, trait-based
modelling, and physiologically structured modelling to provide a novel and ecologically …

The largest perturbation on upper trophic levels of many marine ecosystems stems from
fishing. The reaction of the ecosystem goes beyond the trophic levels directly targeted by the …

The relationship between omnivory and stability has been the subject of a longstanding
debate in ecology. Early theory predicted that omnivory would decrease the probability of …

We formulate and analyze an archetypal consumer–resource model in terms of ordinary
differential equations that consistently translates individual life history processes, in …

Many marine ecosystems have undergone 'regime shifts', ie abrupt reorganizations across
trophic levels. Establishing whether these constitute shifts between alternative stable states …

Large-scale spatial heterogeneity in fisheries production is predominantly controlled by the
availability of zooplankton and benthic organisms, which have a complex relationship with …

Invasions of top predators may have strong cascading effects in ecosystems affecting both
prey species abundance and lower trophic levels. A recently discussed factor that may …

A long-standing question in community ecology is what determines the identity of species
that coexist across local communities or metacommunity assembly. To shed light upon this …