Grazer behavior can regulate large-scale patterning of community states
V. A. Karatayev, M. L. Baskett, D. J. Kushner, N. T. Shears, J. E. Caselle, C. Boettiger
The paper uses state-space models on large-scale surveys to show behavioral feedbacks explain kelp and urchin barrens forming as reef-wide patches or local mosaics.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2021 · PreprintEcology