dynamicalab.food_webs_Bascompte_et_all_2005

dynamicalab.food_webs_Bascompte_et_all_2005(save_path='./data')[source]

Food webs of J. Bascompte, C. J. Melián and E. Sala .

  • Nodes: 249
  • Edges: 3313
  • Directed: True
  • Components: 1
  • Note: Canibalism has been found in 11 species or groups. Crabs, Shrimps, Polychaetes, Gastropods, Squids, Octopuses, Asteroids, Echinoids, Mycteroperca venenosa, Scomberomorus cavalla, Tylosurus acus
  • Description: Cell values indicate the relative frequency of prey species/group in the diet of each predator species/group.

Reference

  1. Bascompte, C. J. Melián and E. Sala (2005). Interaction strength combinations and the overfishing of a marine food web. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 102: 5443-5447.

Parameters

save_path : String : (default=’./data’)
Directory to which the data will be saved.

Returns

Dataset
Object dataset. Use dataset.graph() to download the graph.