authority: geo-bon
slug: interaction-diversity
name: Interaction diversity
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: community-composition
authority_id: geo-bon:interaction-diversity
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms:
    - dwc:scientificName
    - dwc:taxonID
    - dwc:associatedTaxa
    - dwc:eventID
    - dwc:eventDate
canonical_units: dimensionless
description: |
  Structure and turnover of species interactions in a community —
  trophic links (predator-prey, herbivory), mutualisms (pollination,
  seed dispersal, mycorrhizae), parasitism and competition. Quantified
  as network metrics (connectance, nestedness, modularity) over
  bipartite or multilayer interaction networks. Anchored by Web of
  Life, Mangal, GloBI and GATEWAyS; a recent addition to the EBV
  framework reflecting that biodiversity loss is mediated by
  interaction loss as much as by species loss.
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/community-composition/
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)
  - Poisot et al. 2016, Ecography 39, 384-390 (Mangal interaction database)