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Networks, Extinction and Paleocommunity Food Webs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Peter D. Roopnarine
Peter D. Roopnarine*
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Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA 94118, USA
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Abstract

Food webs represent trophic interactions among species in communities. Those interactions both structure and are structured by species richness, ecological diversity, and evolutionary processes. Geological and macroevolutionary timescales are therefore important to the understanding of food web dynamics, and there is a need for the consideration of paleocommunity food webs. The fossil record presents challenges in this regard, but the problem can be approached with combinatoric analysis and network theory. This paper is an introduction to the aspects of those disciplines relevant to the study of paleo-food webs, and explores a probabilistic and numerical approach.

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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 16: Quantitative Methods in Paleobiology , October 2010 , pp. 143 - 161
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Copyright © 2010 by the Paleontological Society 

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