TY - JOUR
T1 - An ecological and evolutionary perspective on species coexistence under global change
AU - Siepielski, Adam M.
AU - Hasik, Adam Z.
AU - Ousterhout, Brittany H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Wade Boys, Savannah Graham, Os Schmitz, and Mabel Serrano for comments on an earlier version of this piece. Mark McPeek was fun to argue with about a lot of the ideas explored here. We also acknowledge support by the National Science Foundation (DEB 1620046) awarded to AMS that supported our work during development of these ideas.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Whether assemblages of insect species locally coexist or are only being slowly lost from communities remains an enduring question. Addressing this question is especially critical in the wake of global change, which is expected to reshuffle biological communities and create novel interspecific interactions. In reviewing studies of putative insect species coexistence, we find that few have demonstrated necessary criteria to conclude that species coexist. We also find that few integrate ecological and evolutionary perspectives towards understanding coexistence. Yet, both micro-evolutionary and macroevolutionary processes can play a critical role in shaping species coexistence mechanisms, especially in response to global change. We suggest that understanding how global change may affect the makeup of communities can be best achieved by developing a research program focused on the joint contribution of ecological and evolutionary processes.
AB - Whether assemblages of insect species locally coexist or are only being slowly lost from communities remains an enduring question. Addressing this question is especially critical in the wake of global change, which is expected to reshuffle biological communities and create novel interspecific interactions. In reviewing studies of putative insect species coexistence, we find that few have demonstrated necessary criteria to conclude that species coexist. We also find that few integrate ecological and evolutionary perspectives towards understanding coexistence. Yet, both micro-evolutionary and macroevolutionary processes can play a critical role in shaping species coexistence mechanisms, especially in response to global change. We suggest that understanding how global change may affect the makeup of communities can be best achieved by developing a research program focused on the joint contribution of ecological and evolutionary processes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cois.2018.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.cois.2018.06.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30551829
AN - SCOPUS:85049633874
VL - 29
SP - 71
EP - 77
JO - Current Opinion in Insect Science
JF - Current Opinion in Insect Science
SN - 2214-5745
ER -