EcologybioRxiv
Climatic niche conservatism shapes the ecological assembly of Hawaiian arthropod communities
J. Y. Lim, J. Patino, S. Noriyuki…·H. Krehenwinkel
The paper uses a novel metabarcoding approach to study arthropod community diversity along elevation gradients in Hawaii, finding that climatic niche conservatism drives ecological assembly and beta-diversity patterns.
DOI 10.1111/mec.16323