@article{fdi:010079323,
  title = {{D}oes evolution design robust food webs ?},
  author = {{G}irardot, {B}. and {G}auduchon, {M}. and {M}{\'e}nard, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {P}oggiale, {J}. {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}heoretical works that use a dynamical approach to study the ability of ecological communities to resist perturbations are largely based on randomly generated ecosystem structures. {B}y contrast, we ask here whether the evolutionary history of food webs matters for their robustness. {U}sing a community evolution model, we first generate trophic networks by varying the level of energy supply (richness) of the environment in which species adapt and diversify. {A}fter placing our simulation outputs in perspective with present-day food webs empirical data, we highlight the complex, structuring role of this environmental condition during the evolutionary setting up of trophic networks. {W}e then assess the robustness of food webs by studying their short-term ecological responses to swift changes in their customary environmental richness. {W}e reveal that the past conditions have a crucial effect on the robustness of current food webs. {M}oreover, directly focusing on connectance of evolved food webs, it turns out that the most connected ones appear to be the least robust to sharp depletion in the environmental energy supply. {F}inally, we appraise the 'adaptation' of food webs themselves : generally poor, except in relation to a diversity of flux property.},
  keywords = {food webs ; community evolution models ; environmental richness ; robustness ; connectance},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}roceedings of the {R}oyal {S}ociety.{B} : {B}iological {S}ciences},
  volume = {287},
  numero = {1930},
  pages = {art. 20200747 [9 ]},
  ISSN = {0962-8452},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1098/rspb.2020.0747},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079323},
}