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Can #plant🌱 trait approaches explain how competition drives #ant 🐜 invasions and structures ant communities? A 🧵on the final paper from my DPhil @UniofOxford... royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Can #plant🌱 trait approaches explain how competition drives #ant 🐜 invasions and structures ant communities? A 🧵on the final paper from my DPhil @UniofOxford... royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
One recurring theme I encountered while reviewing animal trait studies: the implicit assumption that species’ trait differences reflect niche differences. This often underlies inferences on the importance of Environmental Filtering vs. Competition in structuring communities...
But modern coexistence theory & many plant 🌱 studies suggest that species’ trait differences can also reflect differences in their competitive abilities for the same resources. May such trait-mediated hierarchical competition likewise structure animal communities?...
Wild animals that have increased in abundance and adapted well to human landscapes, including some rodent, bat and primate species, carry the most number of zoonotic viruses. Findings from our new study in @RSocPublishing: bit.ly/epi4820 #ProcB #COVID19
The study indicates that infectious diseases like #COVID19 can be connected to environmental change. Wild animals threatened by hunting, wildlife trade and habitat destruction were predicted to host 2x as many zoonotic viruses vs. those decreasing for other reasons.
Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…
