Climatic niche conservatism shapes the ecological assembly of Hawaiian arthropod communities
J. Y. Lim, J. Patino, S. Noriyuki, L. C. Simmari, R. G. Gillespie, H. Krehenwinkel
The paper uses a novel metabarcoding approach to study arthropod community diversity along elevation gradients in Hawaii, finding that climatic niche conservatism drives ecological assembly and beta-diversity patterns.
bioRxiv · Jun 22, 2021Ecology