Biotic interactions hold the key to understanding metacommunity organisation

these biologically-driven signals have been equally underappreciated in other aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Although more research is still required to empirically capture the importance of biotic interactions across ecosystems and at different spatial resolutions and extents, our findings may allow decision makers to better foresee the main consequences of human-driven impacts on inland waters, particularly those associated with the addition or removal of key species.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Ecography

• Publication date

  2020-05-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ecog.05032
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