Atmospheric pollution contributed to destabilizing a small mammal community amid four decades of environmental changes
Thibaut Rota, Oldrich Rakovec, Richard Sevcik, Jan Zima, Vladimir Bejcek, Karel Stastny, Frantisek Sedlacek, Jiri Sindelar, Adela Sipkov, Vladislav Chrastny, Wesley M. Hochachka, Marketa Zarybnicka
The paper uses Empirical Dynamic Modelling to show atmospheric pollution destabilized a small mammal community over 39 years in the Black Triangle of Europe.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2026 · PreprintEcology