The Qualitative Analysis of Community Food Webs: Implications for Wildlife Management and Conservation

摘要: Abstract Biodiversity, the array of organisms living on earth, is experiencing now, more than ever, uncontrolled assault human activities. The consequence this aggressive behaviour that populations plants and animals are being decimated across a broad geographic scale. Reducing current rate biodiversity loss has become an urgent task, contributions expected from many disciplines: ecology, economy, social sciences, political sciences others. ecological side challenge filled with unresolved issues still open to research, among which understanding how react environmental stress occupies central place. In article role community structure as factor conditioning response disturbances discussed. Four food webs examined through use qualitative technique called loop analysis. Results obtained suggest interactions can be appropriate locus explanation for patterns population stress. Yet, complex functional networks may show counterintuitive behaviours our comprehension effects upon communities, yield results interventions aimed protect wildlife uncertain.