Although predator effects on the number of locally coexisting species are well understood,
there are few formal predictions of how these local predator effects influence patterns of prey …

1. Predation is among the most important biotic factors influencing natural communities, yet
we have a rather rudimentary understanding of its role in modulating metacommunity …

Although predators affect prey both via consumption and by changing prey migration
behavior, the interplay between these two effects is rarely incorporated into spatial models of …

Recent studies indicate that large‐scale spatial processes can alter local community
structuring mechanisms to determine local and regional assemblages of predators and their …

The role of predation in determining the metacommunity assembly model of prey
communities is understudied relative to that of interspecific competition among prey …

Linking local communities to a metacommunity can positively affect diversity by enabling
immigration of dispersal-limited species and maintenance of sink populations. However …

Quantifying the role of space and spatial scale on the population dynamics of ecological
assemblages is a contemporary challenge in ecology. Here, we evaluate the role of …

Understanding the role of predation in regulating prey diversity is a major goal in ecology,
with profound consequences for community dynamics, ecosystem structure, and …

Ecologists have long investigated why communities are composed of a few common species
and many rare species. Most studies relate rarity to either niche differentiation among …

Communities assemble through a combination of stochastic processes, which can make
environmentally similar communities divergent (high β‐diversity), and deterministic …