Nutrient heterogeneity emerges from dynamical abiotic-biotic feedback in a spatially explicit plant-herbivore occupancy model
Isabelle Gounand, Nicolas Loeuille, Samuel Charberet, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Éric Harvey, Sonia Kéfi, Shawn Leroux, Chelsea J. Little, Anne M. McLeod, Camille Saade, François Massol
This study shows that biotic-abiotic feedbacks can generate nutrient spatial heterogeneity in a plant-herbivore model through varying dispersal, foraging, and recycling behaviors.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2026 · PreprintEcology