S. Kefi

EcologicalNetworksDynamics.jl: A Julia package to simulate the temporal dynamics of complex ecological networks

The paper introduces a Julia package for simulating temporal dynamics of ecological networks with diverse interaction types and environmental drivers.

Estimating distances to desertification points from dryland ecosystem images

The paper estimates the distance to degradation points in dryland ecosystems from images, validated on simulated landscapes and applied to a global dataset to identify fragile sites.

The interplay of facilitation and competition drives the emergence of multistability in dryland plant communities

This study identifies three types of multistability in dryland plant communities driven by facilitation and competition under varying stress levels.

A taxonomy of multiple stable states in complex ecological communities

The paper investigates multiple stable states in complex systems, identifying four regimes of multistability and their fingerprints, which can be used to analyze regime shifts in ecological communities.

Landscape structure and dispersal rate drive large scale catastrophic shifts in spatially explicit metapopulations

This study shows that landscape structure and dispersal rate influence the occurrence and reversibility of catastrophic shifts in spatially structured metapopulations.

The structure and Robustness of tripartite ecological networks

The paper analyzes 44 tripartite ecological networks to assess how multiple interaction layers affect community robustness to species loss.

Spatial distribution of local patch extinctions drives recovery dynamics in metacommunities

The paper investigates how the spatial distribution of local patch extinctions affects metacommunity dynamics and diversity, finding that clustered extinctions reduce recovery and alter diversity patterns.

Biotic homogenisation in bird communities leads to large-scale changes in species associations

This study shows that biotic homogenisation in bird communities alters large-scale species associations, with habitat-specific patterns observed.

Scaling up biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationships: the role of environmental heterogeneity in space and time

This study uses a Lotka-Volterra model to show that biodiversity required for ecosystem functioning increases with spatial or temporal scale, especially when environmental autocorrelation is low.

Plant-soil feedbacks trigger tannin evolution by niche construction: a spatial stoichiometric model

The paper models plant-soil feedbacks and herbivory to show how tannin evolution is driven by soil nitrogen dynamics and mycorrhizal associations in unproductive environments.

The interplay between facilitation and habitat type drive spatial vegetation patterns in global drylands

The paper analyzes global dryland plant patch size distributions to determine how facilitation and habitat type influence spatial vegetation patterns.