Aim The species pool specific for a site includes all species from the region that are
theoretically able to live in the site's particular ecological conditions. The absent portion of …

Experimental evidence suggests that larger plant species generally have a competitive
advantage and thus should dominate communities where competition for limiting resources …

Negative species co‐occurrence patterns have long intrigued ecologists because of their
potential link to competition. Although manipulative field experiments have consistently …

Understanding the relative contribution of different biotic interactions in shaping species
assemblages constitutes a major goal in community ecology, and consequently, multiple …

Biotic interactions are crucial for determining the structure and dynamics of communities;
however, direct measurement of these interactions can be challenging in terms of time and …

Disturbance gradients are particularly useful for understanding the relative influences of
competition and dispersal. Shortly after disturbance, plant composition should be influenced …

The study of species association is of great interest in ecology due to its role in
understanding key issues such as patterns of habitat use by animals, species coexistence …

Different species can associate or interact in many ways, and methods exist for inferring
associations and underlying mechanisms from incidence data (eg., co‐occurrence …

The concept of limiting similarity is important in ecology because it encapsulates the
expectation under niche theory that differences among species are fundamental to …

Understanding how the differential magnitude and sign of ecological interactions vary
across space is vital to assessing ecosystem resilience to biodiversity loss and predict …