Parasites Alter Food Web Structures in Expected and Unexpected Ways (IMAGE)

Santa Fe Institute

Parasites Alter Food Web Structures in Expected and Unexpected Ways

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A network of 4,671 feeding interactions among 68 parasites (in blue) and 117 free-living taxa (green = basal taxa, red = consumers) in the food web of Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico. The vertical axis corresponds to trophic level.

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Images produced by J.A. Dunne using Network3D software, available by request from <a href="mailto:jdunne@santafe.edu">jdunne@ santafe.edu</a>.

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