ASSEMBLY MECHANISMS OF NEOTROPICAL BUTTERFLY COMMUNITIES ALONG AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT
M. F. Checa, D. Donoso, E. Levy, S. Mena, J. Rodriguez, K. Willmott
This study tests the hypothesis that competition drives community assembly in stable environments while habitat filtering dominates in variable ones, finding the opposite pattern in Neotropical butterfly communities.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2019 · PreprintEcology