More than 70 years after its introduction, the framework of resource density-dependent
consumption rates, also known as predator-prey functional responses, remains a core …

Predicting which non-native species will negatively impact biodiversity is a longstanding
research priority. The Functional Response (FR; resource use in relation to availability) is a …

As the world's population continues to grow, the demand for food, fodder, fibre and
bioenergy will increase. In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has driven the …

Knowledge of feeding rates is the basis to understand interaction strength and subsequently
the stability of ecosystems and biodiversity. Feeding rates, as all biological rates, depend on …

Warming could strongly stabilize or destabilize populations and food webs by changing the
interaction strengths between predators and their prey. Predicting the consequences of …

Trophic interactions govern biomass fluxes in ecosystems, and stability in food webs.
Knowledge of how trophic interaction strengths are affected by differences among habitats is …

Predictions on the consequences of the rapidly increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and
associated climate warming for population dynamics, ecological community structure and …

The stability of ecological communities depends strongly on quantitative characteristics of
population interactions (type‐II vs. type‐III functional responses) and the distribution of body …

Species diversity is changing globally and locally, but the complexity of ecological
communities hampers a general understanding of the consequences of animal species loss …

Functional responses describe how consumer foraging rates change with resource density.
Despite extensive research looking at the factors underlying foraging interactions, there …