Positive interspecific interactions are commonplace, and in recent years ecologists have begun to realize how important they can be in determining community and ecosystem dynamics. It has been predicted that net positive interactions are likely to occur in environments characterized by high abiotic stress. Although empirical field studies have started to support these predictions, little theoretical work has been carried out on the dynamic nature of these effects and their consequences for community structure. We use a simple patch-occupancy model to simulate the dynamics of a pair of species living on an environmental gradient. Each of the species can exist as either a mutualist or a cheater. The results confirm the prediction: a band of m...
Predicting how ecological communities will respond to environmental change is challenging but highly...
Trait variation among individuals of a population is now considered to be an important part of biodi...
Species interactions take a variety of forms, from weak to strong, and negative to positive, each wi...
There has been considerable recent interest in understanding the role of positive inter-specific int...
Even though mutualistic interactions are ubiquitous in nature, we are still far from making good pre...
Positive interactions, including intraspecies cooperation and interspecies mutualisms, play crucial ...
Mutualistic interactions are robust biological systems with unique population dynamics that result i...
Aims: The process of facilitation, where a species increases the survival, growth, and fitness of an...
Mutualisms are ubiquitous in nature, provide important ecosystem services, and involve many species ...
Investigating the mechanisms by which species persist within complex ecological communities and in v...
BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting...
There is a great deal of interest in the effects of biotic interactions on geographic distributions....
Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting species, l...
Species often interact with multiple mutualistic partners that provide functionally different benefi...
Background: Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interactin...
Predicting how ecological communities will respond to environmental change is challenging but highly...
Trait variation among individuals of a population is now considered to be an important part of biodi...
Species interactions take a variety of forms, from weak to strong, and negative to positive, each wi...
There has been considerable recent interest in understanding the role of positive inter-specific int...
Even though mutualistic interactions are ubiquitous in nature, we are still far from making good pre...
Positive interactions, including intraspecies cooperation and interspecies mutualisms, play crucial ...
Mutualistic interactions are robust biological systems with unique population dynamics that result i...
Aims: The process of facilitation, where a species increases the survival, growth, and fitness of an...
Mutualisms are ubiquitous in nature, provide important ecosystem services, and involve many species ...
Investigating the mechanisms by which species persist within complex ecological communities and in v...
BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting...
There is a great deal of interest in the effects of biotic interactions on geographic distributions....
Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interacting species, l...
Species often interact with multiple mutualistic partners that provide functionally different benefi...
Background: Recent studies suggest that environmental changes may tip the balance between interactin...
Predicting how ecological communities will respond to environmental change is challenging but highly...
Trait variation among individuals of a population is now considered to be an important part of biodi...
Species interactions take a variety of forms, from weak to strong, and negative to positive, each wi...