Decoupling environmental suitability from realized recruitment through ontogenetic environmental filtering in a long-lived Mediterranean palm species
Sebastián Cordero, Florencia R. Pérez, Renata Acuña-Molina, Yerco Contreras-Vera, Trinidad Jorquera-Fonck, Felipe Góngora-Vásquez, Benjamín González-Ramos, Juan Pablo Nuñez, Ignacia Roselló, Ágata Sepúlveda-Vásquez, Matías A. Vergara, Francisco E. Fontúrbel
The paper examines ontogenetic environmental filtering in a Mediterranean palm species, finding that adult presence does not reliably indicate recruitment suitability due to niche shifts and dispersal limitations.
bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2026 · PreprintEcology