Integrating eco‐evolutionary dynamics and modern coexistence theory

M Yamamichi, T Gibbs, JM Levine - Ecology letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Community ecology typically assumes that competitive exclusion and species coexistence
are unaffected by evolution on the time scale of ecological dynamics. However, recent …

Predator mass mortality events restructure food webs through trophic decoupling

SP Tye, SB Fey, JP Gibert, AM Siepielski - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Predators have a key role in structuring ecosystems,,–. However, predator loss is
accelerating globally,–, and predator mass-mortality events (MMEs)—rapid large-scale die …

Rapid eco‐phenotypic feedback and the temperature response of biomass dynamics

JP Gibert, DJ Wieczynski, ZY Han… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass dynamics capture information on population dynamics and ecosystem‐level
processes (eg, changes in production over time). Understanding how rising temperatures …

Higher‐order species interactions cause time‐dependent niche and fitness differences: Experimental evidence in plant‐feeding arthropods

A Majer, A Skoracka, J Spaak, L Kuczyński - Ecology Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species interact in different ways, including competition, facilitation and predation. These
interactions can be non‐linear or higher order and may depend on time or species densities …

Temperature and CO2 interactively drive shifts in the compositional and functional structure of peatland protist communities

CL Kilner, AA Carrell, DJ Wieczynski… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microbes affect the global carbon cycle that influences climate change and are in turn
influenced by environmental change. Here, we use data from a long‐term whole‐ecosystem …

Microbial Evolution Drives Adaptation of Substrate Degradation on Decadal to Centennial Time Scales Relevant to Global Change

E Abs, D Coulette, P Ciais, SD Allison - Ecology Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding microbial adaptation is crucial for predicting how soil carbon dynamics and
global biogeochemical cycles will respond to climate change. This study employs the …

Eco‐phenotypic feedback loops differ in multistressor environments

L Govaert, T Klauschies - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural communities are exposed to multiple environmental stressors, which simultaneously
impact the population and trait dynamics of the species embedded within these …

Temperature and nutrients drive eco-phenotypic dynamics in a microbial food web

ZY Han, DJ Wieczynski… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic increases in temperature and nutrient loads will likely impact food web
structure and stability. Although their independent effects have been reasonably well …

The existence and strength of higher order interactions is sensitive to environmental context

JW Fox - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One strategy for understanding the dynamics of any complex system, such as a community
of competing species, is to study the dynamics of parts of the system in isolation. Ecological …

Environment‐and system‐specific interactions between population and trait dynamics

M Holmes, T De Bruin, P Witsel, J Jadoul… - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding population dynamics across environmental contexts is essential to predict
ecosystem stability. Functional traits influence population growth, which can in turn influence …