Multispecies Coexistence without Diffuse Competition; or, Why Phylogenetic Signal and Trait Clustering Weaken Coexistence.

This study provides both instructions for measuring these effects in the field and a framework for analyzing how phylogenetic signal, trait-based niche axes, and other forms of nondiffuse competition affect coexistence.
PMID: 28731799 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Naturalist - July 23, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Stump SM Tags: Am Nat Source Type: research