Accounting for connectivity alters the apparent roles of spatial and environmental processes on metacommunity assembly

Resasco, Julian; Fletcher, Jr., Robert J.

doi:10.1007/s10980-021-01203-z

Accounting for connectivity alters the apparent roles of spatial and environmental processes on metacommunity assembly

Journal Article · Wed Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Landscape Ecology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01203-z· OSTI ID:1884967

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University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); USDA Forest Service-Savannah River
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

Understanding the relative contributions of spatial and environmental processes on community assembly is a central question in ecology. Despite this long-standing interest, our understanding of how landscape structure may drive spatial processes of community assembly remains poorly understood in part because of the challenge of tracking community assembly across landscapes and quantifying key aspects of landscapes that may impact assembly processes. Here, we examined the roles of spatial and environmental processes on structuring assemblies of ants in 72 cleared patches embedded within a forested landscape.

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Research Organization:: USDA Forest Service-Savannah River, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (AU)

Grant/Contract Number:: EM0003622

OSTI ID:: 1884967

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1848169

Report Number(s):: 21-18-P; 21-18-p

Journal Information:: Landscape Ecology, Journal Name: Landscape Ecology Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 36; ISSN 0921-2973

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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