How does predator biomass change with prey availability? Our new paper finds consistent predator-prey biomass scaling in freshwater, marine and terrestrial food webs. Read it here: rdcu.be/cUp5R. Or see thread for a summary @UoR_LifeScience @EcoNetLab @BarnesEcoDiv
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2) Previous research has found sub-linear scaling between predator and prey biomass, implying biomass pyramids become more bottom-heavy with increasing prey biomass (Fig. 1a). We ask: does a general power-law hold within (Fig. 1c) and across (Fig. 1d) complex food webs?