EcologybioRxiv
Functional convergence underground? The scale-dependency of community assembly processes in European cave spiders
S. Mammola, C. Graco-Roza, F. Ballarin…·P. Cardoso
The paper examines how environmental filtering and limiting similarity shape cave spider communities, showing their scale-dependent effects on trait evolution and weak geographic influence on trait composition.
DOI 10.1111/geb.13840