Reconciling Santa Rosalia: Both reproductive isolation and coexistence constrain diversification DOI
Brian A. Lerch,

Reinhard Bürger,

Maria R. Servedio

et al.

The American Naturalist, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 204(5), P. E99 - E114

Published: July 25, 2024

AbstractUnderstanding patterns of diversification necessarily requires accounting for both the generation and persistence species. Formal models speciation genetics, however, focus on new species without explicitly considering maintenance biodiversity (e.g., coexistence, ecological studies diversity). Consequently, it remains unclear whether how will coexist following a event, gap limiting our ability to understand rate-limiting controls over macroevolutionary timescales. To connect coexistence theory assess relative importance versus genetic constraints in events, we develop deterministic, three-locus, population-genetic model that includes skewed distribution available resources (to generate variation fitness differences), frequency-dependent competition, assortative mating. Both ecology genetics play vital interacting roles shaping initial events long-term eco-evolutionary outcomes. Ecological are especially important when differences large competition strong among dissimilar phenotypes. Ephemeral can occur typically lost because competitive exclusion, result demonstrating may serve as control rates. More broadly, adds evidence unification evolutionary (including genetic) perspectives is needed predict large-scale patterns.

Language: Английский

Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology DOI
James T. Stroud, Benjamin M. Delory, Elle M. Barnes

et al.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(7), P. 677 - 688

Published: March 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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Plant interaction networks reveal the limits of our understanding of diversity maintenance DOI Creative Commons
Malyon D. Bimler, Daniel B. Stouffer, Trace E. Martyn

et al.

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Species interactions are key drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Current theoretical frameworks for understanding the role make many assumptions which unfortunately, do not always hold in natural, diverse communities. This mismatch extends to annual plants, a common model system studying coexistence, where typically averaged across environmental conditions transitive competitive hierarchies assumed dominate. We quantify interaction networks community wildflowers Western Australia natural shade gradient at local scales. Whilst competition dominated, intraspecific interspecific facilitation were widespread all categories. Interaction strengths directions varied substantially despite close spatial proximity similar levels species richness, with most interacting different ways under conditions. Contrary expectations, predominantly intransitive. These findings encourage us rethink how we conceive categorize mechanisms driving plant systems.

Language: Английский

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Plant water use theory should incorporate hypotheses about extreme environments, population ecology, and community ecology DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin Blonder, L. M. T. Aparecido, Kevin R. Hultine

et al.

New Phytologist, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 238(6), P. 2271 - 2283

Published: Feb. 8, 2023

Summary Plant water use theory has largely been developed within a plant‐performance paradigm that conceptualizes in terms of value for carbon gain and sits neoclassical economic framework. This works very well many contexts but does not consider other values to plants could impact their fitness. Here, we survey range alternative hypotheses drivers stomatal regulation. These are organized around relevance extreme environments, population ecology, community ecology. Most these yet empirically tested some controversial (e.g. requiring more agency behavior than is commonly believed possible plants). Some hypotheses, especially those focused using avoid thermal stress, promote reproduction instead growth, hoard it, may be useful incorporate into or implement Earth System Models.

Language: Английский

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Higher‐order species interactions cause time‐dependent niche and fitness differences: Experimental evidence in plant‐feeding arthropods DOI Creative Commons
Agnieszka Majer, Anna Skoracka, Jürg W. Spaak

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Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(5)

Published: April 29, 2024

Abstract Species interact in different ways, including competition, facilitation and predation. These interactions can be non‐linear or higher order may depend on time species densities. Although these higher‐order are virtually ubiquitous, they remain poorly understood, as challenging both theoretically empirically. We propose to adapt niche fitness differences from modern coexistence theory apply them over time. As such, not merely inform about coexistence, but provide a deeper understanding of how change. Here, we investigated the exploitation biotic resource (plant) by phytophagous arthropods affects their interactions. performed monoculture competition experiments fit generalized additive mixed model empirical data, which allowed us calculate differences. found that switch between types time, intra‐ interspecific facilitation, strong weak competition.

Language: Английский

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High rates of nectar depletion in summer grasslands indicate competitive conditions for pollinators DOI Creative Commons
Douglas B. Sponsler, Christophe Dominik,

Carolin Biegerl

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Oikos, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2024(9)

Published: May 27, 2024

Competition among pollinators for floral resources is a phenomenon of both basic and applied importance. While competition difficult to measure directly under field conditions, it can be inferred indirectly through the measurement resource depletion. In this study, we conducted pollinator exclusion experiment calculate nectar depletion rates in summer across 16 grassland sites German regions Franconia Saxony‐Anhalt. Overall were estimated at 95% 79% Saxony‐Anhalt, indicating strong limitation likely nectar. Despite being ubiquitous our study regions, honey bees scarce time sampling. This demonstrates that wild alone are capable massive depletion, addition managed communities may intensify already competitive conditions. Nevertheless, manifest diversity indicates other factors, such as non‐trophic constraints or temporal variation limitation, mitigate despite immediate conditions acute scarcity.

Language: Английский

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Schindler's legacy: from eutrophic lakes to the phosphorus utilization strategies of cyanobacteria DOI Creative Commons
Man Xiao, Michele A. Burford, Susanna A. Wood

et al.

FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 46(6)

Published: June 24, 2022

Abstract David Schindler and his colleagues pioneered studies in the 1970s on role of phosphorus stimulating cyanobacterial blooms North American lakes. Our understanding nuances utilization by cyanobacteria has evolved since that time. We review strategies used cyanobacteria, such as use organic forms, alternation between passive active uptake, luxury storage. While many aspects physiological responses to have been measured, our critical processes drive species diversity, adaptation competition remains limited. identify persistent knowledge gaps, particularly low nutrient concentrations. propose traditional discipline-specific be adapted expanded encompass innovative new methodologies take advantage interdisciplinary opportunities among physiologists, molecular biologists, modellers, advance prediction toxic ultimately mitigate occurrence blooms.

Language: Английский

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Non‐random interactions within and across guilds shape the potential to coexist in multi‐trophic ecological communities DOI
David García‐Callejas, Óscar Godoy, Lisa Buche

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Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 26(6), P. 831 - 842

Published: March 27, 2023

Theory posits that the persistence of species in ecological communities is shaped by their interactions within and across trophic guilds. However, we lack empirical evaluations how structure, strength sign biotic drive potential to coexist diverse multi-trophic communities. Here, model community feasibility domains, a theoretically informed measure multi-species coexistence probability, from grassland comprising more than 45 on average three guilds (plants, pollinators herbivores). Contrary our hypothesis, increasing complexity, measured either as number or richness, did not decrease feasibility. Rather, observed high degrees self-regulation niche partitioning allow for maintaining larger levels higher Our results show are random nature both structures significantly contribute diversity.

Language: Английский

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When can higher‐order interactions produce stable coexistence? DOI Creative Commons
Theo Gibbs, Gabriel Gellner, Simon A. Levin

et al.

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(6)

Published: June 1, 2024

Abstract Most ecological models are based on the assumption that species interact in pairs. Diverse communities, however, can have higher‐order interactions, which two or more jointly impact growth of a third species. A pitfall common pairwise approach is it misses interactions potentially responsible for maintaining natural diversity. Here, we explore stability properties systems where guarantee specified set abundances feasible equilibrium dynamics. Even these lead to equilibria do not necessarily produce stable coexistence. Instead, likely be when weak facilitative. Correlations between and permit robust coexistence even diverse systems. Our work only reveals challenges generating through but also uncovers interaction patterns enable

Language: Английский

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Connecting microbial community assembly and function DOI
Leonora Bittleston

Current Opinion in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 80, P. 102512 - 102512

Published: July 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi equalize differences in plant fitness and facilitate plant species coexistence through niche differentiation DOI

Claire E. Willing,

Joe Wan, Jay Yeam

et al.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(11), P. 2058 - 2071

Published: Sept. 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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