John DeLong

Oct 14, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Mark Novak |Kyle Edward Coblentz |John DeLong

AbstractEcologists differ in the degree to which they consider the linear Type I functional response to be an unrealistic versus sufficient representation of predator feeding rates. Empiricists tend to consider it unsuitably non-mechanistic and theoreticians tend to consider it necessarily simple.

Jul 29, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Kyle Edward Coblentz |Mark Novak |John DeLong

AbstractMany critical drivers of ecological systems exhibit regular scaling relationships, yet, often, the underlying mechanisms explaining these relationships are unknown. Trophic interactions strengths, which underpin ecosystem stability and dynamics, are no exception, exhibiting statistical and scaling relationships with predator and prey traits that lack a causal evolutionary explanation.

May 17, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Mark Novak |Kyle Edward Coblentz |John DeLong

AbstractEcologists differ in the degree to which they consider the linear Type I functional response to be an unrealistic versus sufficient representation of predator feeding rates. Empiricists tend to consider it unsuitably non-mechanistic and theoreticians tend to consider it necessarily simple.