Functional niche attributes shape species interaction roles in ecological networks
Georg Albert, Andréa Davrinche, Helge Bruelheide, Felix Fornoff, Sylvia Haider, Werner Härdtle, Lin Jiang, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Yi Li, Xiaojuan Liu, Keping Ma, Goddert von Oheimb, Tobias Proß, Michael Staab, Ming‐Qiang Wang, , Andreas Schuldt
The paper examines how functional niche attributes influence species interaction roles in ecological networks, finding that niche variability inversely affects interaction variability and that these effects depend on species biomass and community composition.
bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintEcology