Food webs: Where is the uniqueness?

Curr Biol

Department of Biology, Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, and Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address:

Published: March 2024

Conservation planning relies on mapping areas of unique biological diversity and high vulnerability. A new study has found that unique trophic networks are threatened by warming climate in the Arctic and high human footprint in southern Europe.

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