Smaller islands host shorter food chains

Friday, November 22, 2013 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

That smaller islands will typically sustain fewer species than large ones is a widespread pattern in nature. Now a team of researchers shows that smaller area will mean not only fewer species, but also shorter food chains. This implies that plant and animal communities on small islands may work differently from those on large ones.

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