Functional convergence underground? The scale-dependency of community assembly processes in European cave spiders
S. Mammola, C. Graco-Roza, F. Ballarin, T. Hesselberg, M. Isaia, E. Lunghi, S. Mouron, M. Pavlek, M. Tolve, P. Cardoso
The paper examines how environmental filtering and limiting similarity shape cave spider communities, showing their scale-dependent effects on trait evolution and weak geographic influence on trait composition.
bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2023Ecology