Freshwater Food Web Structure Data for Temperate and Tropical Regions

Data and R code supporting the publication 'Structural Differences Between Temperate and Tropical Freshwater Food Webs' by Alex Pelletier et al. The materials are hosted on Dataverse and were last updated in May 2026. The dataset likely contains ecological network data for comparative analysis.

Use Cases

• Compare network properties like connectivity or trophic levels between temperate and tropical systems based on the described structural focus.
• Model ecosystem stability or resilience using food web interaction data implied by the study's title.
• Validate ecological theories on latitudinal gradients using comparative structural data from freshwater habitats.

Strengths

• Directly supports a peer-reviewed (under review) scientific publication by named authors.
• Includes executable R code for analysis and reproducibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Alexander Pelletier's Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely compiled from ecological field studies or literature synthesis for comparative analysis.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 20:48:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely includes freshwater systems from both temperate and tropical climatic zones.