Christopher A. Klausmeier

Shifting resource limitation explains multiphasic patterns of density dependence

The paper shows that sublinear density dependence can arise from sequential shifts in resource limitation, without needing other factors like predation, and predicts superlinear dependence at high and low densities.

Density dependence promotes species coexistence and provides a unifying explanation for distinct productivity-diversity relationships

The paper uses mechanistic population models to show how density dependence promotes species coexistence and explains productivity-diversity relationships.

How interactions between temperature and resources scale from populations to communities

The paper develops a model to predict how temperature and resource interactions affect microbial growth across populations and communities, validated with lab and field data.

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community

The paper demonstrates population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community using an engineered system and a nonlinear dynamical model.

Warm-loving species perform well under limiting resources:trait combinations for future climate

The paper examines how temperature and resource availability affect phytoplankton populations, finding trait combinations that suggest some species may perform well under future warm and resource-limited conditions.

Regional species coexistence despite local priority effects: the overlooked role of dispersal-community feedback

The paper shows dispersal-community feedback promotes regional species coexistence by linking microbe-pollinator interactions to plant-scale competition and spatial partitioning.

Temperature selection drives evolution of function-valued traits in a marine diatom

This study evolves marine diatom populations at different temperatures and finds significant trait divergence related to thermal adaptation and competitive ability.