D. W. Armitage

Widespread analytical pitfalls in empirical coexistence studies and a checklist for improving their statistical robustness

This paper identifies common statistical pitfalls in coexistence studies and proposes a checklist to improve their robustness and reproducibility.

How to measure response diversity

This paper reviews methods for measuring response diversity and proposes a framework to quantify it from experimental and observational data across taxa.

Divergent ecological responses to typhoon disturbance revealed via landscape-scale acoustic monitoring

This study uses landscape-scale acoustic monitoring to reveal divergent ecological responses to typhoons, showing increased spatial variability in biological sound production and species detections.

To remain modern, the coexistence program requires modern statistical rigor

The paper re-analyzes a study on plant coexistence under drought, showing that conclusions are sensitive to model form and parameter error, emphasizing the need for statistical rigor.

Global maps of lake surface water temperatures reveal pitfalls of air-for-water substitutions in ecological prediction

This paper develops global lake surface water temperature maps to improve ecological models by correcting air temperature biases, showing better performance in population dynamics and niche modeling.

Barriers to coexistence limit the poleward range of a globally-distributed plant

The paper tests how competition and climate interact to limit the poleward range of aquatic duckweed plants, showing mechanistic niche models outperform competition-free models.

How sample heterogeneity can obscure the signal of microbial interactions

The paper shows how sample heterogeneity can lead to incorrect conclusions about microbial interactions due to spatial scale mismatches and introduces methods to address this issue.

Linking the development and functioning of a carnivorous pitcher plant’s microbial digestive community

The paper links microbial community succession in a carnivorous pitcher plant to its digestive performance and host nitrogen uptake efficiency over a year.