NDLI: Environmental determinants of food-chain length: a meta-analysis

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Author	Takimoto, Gaku Post, David M.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Food-chain length is an important character of ecological communities that affects many of their functional aspects. Recently, an increasing number of studies have tested the effects of productivity, disturbance, or ecosystem size on food-chain length in a variety of natural systems. Here we conduct a formal meta-analysis to summarize findings from these empirical studies. We found significant positive mean effects of productivity and ecosystem size but no significant mean effect of disturbance on food-chain length. The strength of mean effect sizes was not significantly different between productivity and ecosystem size. These results lend general support to previous theories predicting the effect of productivity and ecosystem size, but fail to support the prediction that disturbance shortens food chains. In addition, our meta-analysis found that the effect sizes of primary studies were significantly heterogeneous for ecosystem size and disturbance, but not for productivity. This pattern might reflect that ecosystem size and disturbance can affect food-chain length through multiple different mechanisms, while productivity influences food-chain length in a simple manner through energy limitation.
Starting Page	675
Ending Page	681
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09123814
Journal	Ecological Research
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	14401703
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Japan
Publisher Date	2012-04-26
Publisher Place	Tokyo
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Disturbance Ecosystem size Food-chain length Random-effects meta-analysis Productivity Ecology Plant Sciences Zoology Evolutionary Biology Behavioural Sciences Forestry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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