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August 22, 2025Oikos

Environmental versus biotic filtering: what if species traits contribute to both?

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KFKai FengChina Pharmaceutical UniversityQWQidong WangChinese Academy of SciencesKTKun TaoHuzhou University

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Analysis reveals dual contributions of species traits to both biotic and environmental filtering, suggesting complex coexistence mechanisms.

Key Points

  • Traits significantly impact community assembly, demonstrating how species coexist through both environmental and biotic filtering.
  • Among 26 fish communities in the Yangtze River basin, we found that dual role traits increase over-dispersion related to interspecific interactions.
  • Our study employed null models to assess trait dispersion patterns within fish communities, indicating novel coexistence mechanisms.
  • Recognizing the dual role of traits in filtering processes may reshape our understanding of ecological dynamics and species interactions.

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Feng et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af5bb6ad7bf08b1eadf60bhttps://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11438
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