Phylogenetic and functional constraints of plant facilitation rewiring.

ABSTRACT: Facilitative interactions bind community species in intricate ecological networks, preserving species that would otherwise be lost. The traditional understanding of ecological networks as static components of biological communities overlooks the fact that species interactions in a network can fluctuate. Analyzing the patterns that cause those shifts can reveal the principles that govern the identity of pairwise interactions and whether they are predictable based on the traits of the interacting species and the local environmental contexts in which they occur. Here we explore how abiotic stress and phylogenetic and functional affinities constrain those shifts. Specifically, we hypothesize that rewiring the facilitative interactions is more limited in stressful than in mild environments. We

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Martin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078402 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature