Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

The importance of species interactions in eco-evolutionary community dynamics under climate change

  • Anna Åkesson,
  • Alva Curtsdotter,
  • Anna Eklöf,
  • Bo Ebenman,
  • Jon Norberg,
  • György Barabás

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24977-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Understanding the dynamics of species interactions can help predict community responses to climate change. A spatially explicit model finds that species interactions and competition mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change, and that temperature-dependent competition makes communities more variable and responsive to changing climates.