Understanding the impact of third-party species on pairwise coexistence.

ABSTRACT: The persistence of virtually every single species depends on both the presence of other species and the specific environmental conditions in a given location. Because in natural settings many of these conditions are unknown, research has been centered on finding the fraction of possible conditions (probability) leading to species coexistence. The focus has been on the persistence probability of an entire multispecies community (formed of either two or more species). However, the methodological and philosophical question has always been whether we can observe the entire community and, if not, what the conditions are under which an observed subset of the community can persist as part of a larger multispecies system. Here, we derive long-term (using analytical calculations) and short-term (us

SUBMITTER: Deng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature