Niche differences, not fitness differences, explain predicted coexistence across ecological groups

Niche differences, not fitness differences, explain predicted coexistence across ecological groups

(2022) Lisa Buche et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The evolution of niche overlap and competitive differences

(2021) Abigail I. Pastore et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Effects of pigment richness and size variation on coexistence, richness and function in light limited phytoplankton

(2021) Jurg Werner Spaak et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

From competition to facilitation and mutualism: a general theory of the niche

(2021) Thomas Koffel et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Mapping species niche and fitness differences for communities with multiple interaction types

(2021) Jürg W. Spaak et al.   OIKOS

Evolution of an inferior competitor increases resistance to biological invasion

(2020) Rachel M. Germain et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Intuitive and broadly applicable definitions of niche and fitness differences

(2020) Jurg W. Spaak et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Quantifying the relative importance of variation in predation and the environment for species coexistence

(2020) Lauren G. Shoemaker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Strong self‐regulation and widespread facilitative interactions in phytoplankton communities

(2020) Coralie Picoche et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

An empiricist's guide to modern coexistence theory for competitive communities

(2020) Casey M. Godwin et al.   OIKOS

The topology and drivers of ant–symbiont networks across Europe

(2020) Thomas Parmentier et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Size differences predict niche and relative fitness differences between phytoplankton species but not their coexistence

(2019) Irene Gallego et al.   ISME Journal

Effects of rapid evolution on species coexistence

(2019) Simon P. Hart et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Applying modern coexistence theory to priority effects

(2019) Tess Nahanni Grainger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The mechanistic basis for higher-order interactions and non-additivity in competitive communities

(2019) Andrew D. Letten et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Negative frequency-dependent growth underlies the stable coexistence of two cosmopolitan aquatic plants

(2019) David W. Armitage et al.   ECOLOGY

Coexistence theory as a tool to understand biological invasions in species interaction networks: Implications for the study of novel ecosystems

(2019) Oscar Godoy   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

On the consequences of the interdependence of stabilizing and equalizing mechanisms

(2019) Chuliang Song et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Chesson's coexistence theory: Comment

(2019) Peter Chesson   ECOLOGY

Common alien plants are more competitive than rare natives but not than common natives

(2019) Zhijie Zhang et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rainfall variability maintains grass‐forb species coexistence

(2019) Lauren M. Hallett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Invasion Criterion: A Common Currency for Ecological Research

(2019) Tess Nahanni Grainger et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Strong fitness differences impede coexistence between an alien water fern (Azolla pinnata R. Br.) and its native congener (Azolla rubra R. Br.) in New Zealand

(2018) Carolina Ocampo-Ariza et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Chesson's coexistence theory

(2018) György Barabás et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Opposing effects of floral visitors and soil conditions on the determinants of competitive outcomes maintain species diversity in heterogeneous landscapes

(2018) Jose B. Lanuza et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition

(2018) Peter B. Adler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

An experimental extreme drought reduces the likelihood of species to coexist despite increasing intransitivity in competitive networks

(2018) Luis Matías et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Niche and fitness differences determine invasion success and impact in laboratory bacterial communities

(2018) Shao-peng Li et al.   ISME Journal

A competition-defence trade-off both promotes and weakens coexistence in an annual plant community

(2018) William K. Petry et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Updates on mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity

(2018) Peter Chesson   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Responsiveness of plants to mycorrhiza regulates coexistence

(2018) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Accurate predictions of coexistence in natural systems require the inclusion of facilitative interactions and environmental dependency

(2018) Malyon D. Bimler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Coexistence theory and the frequency-dependence of priority effects

(2018) Po-Ju Ke et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Tradeoffs in demographic mechanisms underlie differences in species abundance and stability

(2018) Lauren M. Hallett et al.   Nature Communications

Beyond pairwise mechanisms of species coexistence in complex communities

(2017) Jonathan M. Levine et al.   NATURE

Self-regulation and the stability of large ecological networks

(2017) György Barabás et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The multilayer nature of ecological networks

(2017) Shai Pilosof et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Higher-order interactions capture unexplained complexity in diverse communities

(2017) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Disease: A Phylogenetic Perspective

(2016) Gregory S. Gilbert et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

The effect of intraspecific variation and heritability on community pattern and robustness

(2016) György Barabás et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species coexistence: macroevolutionary relationships and the contingency of historical interactions

(2016) Rachel M. Germain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Large niche differences emerge at the recruitment stage to stabilize grassland coexistence

(2015) Chengjin Chu et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Evolution alters ecological mechanisms of coexistence in experimental microcosms

(2015) Lin Zhao et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits and the multidimensional nature of species coexistence

(2015) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

Moving forward on facilitation research: response to changing environments and effects on the diversity, functioning and evolution of plant communities

(2014) Santiago Soliveres et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Phylogenetic relatedness and the determinants of competitive outcomes

(2014) Oscar Godoy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phenology effects on invasion success: insights from coupling field experiments to coexistence theory

(2013) Oscar Godoy et al.   ECOLOGY

Experimental evidence that evolutionary relatedness does not affect the ecological mechanisms of coexistence in freshwater green algae

(2013) Anita Narwani et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Testing the roles of competition, facilitation and stochasticity on community structure in a species-rich assemblage

(2013) Carlos Martorell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Coexistence and evolutionary dynamics mediated by seasonal environmental variation in annual plant communities

(2013) Andrea Mathias et al.   THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY

Coexistence in tropical forests through asynchronous variation in annual seed production

(2012) Jacob Usinowicz et al.   ECOLOGY

Habitat filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients

(2012) Vincent Maire et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Pathogen impacts on plant communities: unifying theory, concepts, and empirical work

(2011) Erin A. Mordecai   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Niche and fitness differences relate the maintenance of diversity to ecosystem function

(2010) Ian T. Carroll et al.   ECOLOGY

Time Lags and the Balance of Positive and Negative Interactions in Driving Grassland Community Dynamics

(2009) Emily C. Farrer et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Weak effect of climate variability on coexistence in a sagebrush steppe community

(2009) Peter B. Adler et al.   ECOLOGY

The importance of niches for the maintenance of species diversity

(2009) Jonathan M. Levine et al.   NATURE

The interaction between predation and competition

(2008) Peter Chesson et al.   NATURE