Dispersal ability modulates macroinvertebrate metacommunity responses to environmental filtering and spatial connectivity in an Afrotropical stream network
Bashizi Cikuru Christian, Elizabeth W. Wanderi, Augustine Sitati, Mourine Jesire Yegon, Thomas Fuß, Frank Onderi Masese
The paper examines how dispersal ability affects macroinvertebrate community structure in streams, finding that environmental filtering and different dispersal pathways have varying influences based on species traits.
bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2026 · PreprintEcology