Rethinking the nature of intraspecific variability and its consequences on species coexistence
C. Girard-Tercieux, I. Marechaux, A. T. Clark, J. S. Clark, B. Courbaud, C. Fortunel, J. Guillemot, G. Kunstler, G. le Maire, R. Pelissier, N. Rueger, G. Vieilledent
The paper shows that high intraspecific variability in plant communities may be driven by environmental factors rather than random variation, and that this has implications for understanding species coexistence.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2022Ecology