comments KC

[KevCaz]

• [ ] What about using "cocktail effects in food webs"?
• [x] Roles are the role of a species as a node, in a specific motif. I think it would be better to make the following statement clear in the ms: in a specific motif, a specific node has a specific role and thus species can play different role in a food web! Currently, some part of the draft reads as if a species has a specific role!

[david-beauchesne]

@KevCaz do you still feel that your second comment applies with this version of the manuscript? I feel that it might. I see two places where this should be explicitly mentioned:

1. At the end of the conceptual section of the methodology Suggestion:

   Here, we study the equilibrium dynamics of the most prevalent 3-species motifs in food webs (i.e. food chain, omnivory, exploitative competition, and apparent competition) to exhaustively investigate how trophic position and interaction type influences the sensitivity to and the amplification of the effects of multiple disturbances. We then scale up to whole food webs by inferring species sensitivity to and amplification of the effects of disturbances as a function of a species position in 3-species interactions it is involved in and the realized pathways of effect that are likely disturbing community dynamics.

2. At the beginning of the section on species vulnerability Suggestion: To be determined, I realize now that this section needs major revisions to be understandable!

[KevCaz]

your second comment applies with this version of the manuscript? I did not get this feeling this time. I think it is relatively clear now (unless it's just me getting used to the terminology and not paying much attention haha).

[KevCaz]

We then scale up to whole food webs by inferring species sensitivity to and amplification of the effects of disturbances as a function of a species position in 3-species interactions it is involved in and the realized pathways of effect that are likely disturbing community dynamics.

==> function of a species position in 3-species interactions c'est pas une frquence?

[david-beauchesne]

Ça dépend, pour l'indice topologique oui, mais pas pour l'indice réalisé.