J. W. Spaak

The paper extends modern coexistence theory to multitrophic communities, showing that diversity constraints differ across trophic levels and that empirical data supports these findings.

The paper shows that continuous community composition change can occur in deterministic food web models when predator niche width is smaller than prey niche width, challenging equilibrium-based ecological theories.

This paper expands modern coexistence theory to species-rich communities by addressing limitations in mutual invasibility conditions and provides a framework for analyzing invasion resistance and coexistence.

The paper models planktonic food-web interactions to assess drivers of species richness and identifies limitations of modern coexistence theory in multi-trophic communities.

The paper investigates species coexistence across ecological groups and finds that niche differences, not fitness differences, primarily drive coexistence.

The paper compares four methods for quantifying niche and fitness differences in species coexistence, finding they often disagree on the factors driving coexistence.

This study compares two methods for decomposing niche and fitness differences in community models, showing that nonlinear methods provide more accurate insights into stabilizing and equalizing mechanisms.

The paper shows that species richness increases average fitness differences but not niche differences, suggesting fitness differences limit species richness in ecosystems.

The paper shows that pigment richness in phytoplankton limits species coexistence and ecosystem function, highlighting constraints on trait diversity effects.

The paper introduces new intuitive definitions for niche differences and fitness differences in community ecology, applicable to a broader range of communities than existing definitions.