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Landscape use by large grazers in a grassland is restructured by wildfire by Subramanian, Aishwarya, Germain, Rachel M

“…Animals navigate landscapes based on perceived risks vs. rewards, as inferred from features of the landscape. In the wild, knowing how strongly animal movement…”
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Scaling‐up biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning research by Gonzalez, Andrew, Germain, Rachel M., Srivastava, Diane S., Filotas, Elise, Dee, Laura E., Gravel, Dominique, Thompson, Patrick L., Isbell, Forest, Wang, Shaopeng, Kéfi, Sonia, Montoya, Jose, Zelnik, Yuval R., Loreau, Michel, Brose, Ulrich

“…A rich body of knowledge links biodiversity to ecosystem functioning (BEF), but it is primarily focused on small scales. We review the current theory and…”
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Species coexistence: macroevolutionary relationships and the contingency of historical interactions by Germain, Rachel M., Weir, Jason T., Gilbert, Benjamin

“…Evolutionary biologists since Darwin have hypothesized that closely related species compete more intensely and are therefore less likely to coexist. However,…”
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Moving Character Displacement beyond Characters Using Contemporary Coexistence Theory by Germain, Rachel M., Williams, Jennifer L., Schluter, Dolph, Angert, Amy L.

“…Character displacement is one of the most studied phenomena in evolutionary biology, yet research has narrowly focused on demonstrating whether or not…”
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Experimental dispersal reveals characteristic scales of biodiversity in a natural landscape by Germain, Rachel M., Strauss, Sharon Y., Gilbert, Benjamin

“…Ecological theory posits that dispersal among habitat patches links local communities and is a key “regional” process that maintains biological diversity…”
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Dispersing across habitat boundaries: Uncovering the demographic fates of populations in unsuitable habitat by Szojka, Megan C., Germain, Rachel M.

“…Patchy landscapes are characterized by abrupt transitions between habitats, forcing species to cross habitat boundaries in order to spread. Although…”
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Evolution of an inferior competitor increases resistance to biological invasion by Germain, Rachel M., Srivastava, Diane, Angert, Amy L.

“…Biodiversity is imperilled by the spatial homogenization of life on Earth. As new species invade ecological communities, there is urgent need to understand…”
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The Evolution of Competitive Ability by Sakarchi, Jawad, Germain, Rachel M

“…AbstractCompetition drives evolutionary change across taxa, but our understanding of how competitive differences among species directs the evolution of…”
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The ‘filtering’ metaphor revisited: competition and environment jointly structure invasibility and coexistence by Germain, Rachel M., Mayfield, Margaret M., Gilbert, Benjamin

“…‘Filtering’, or the reduction in species diversity that occurs because not all species can persist in all locations, is thought to unfold hierarchically,…”
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When Ecology Fails: How Reproductive Interactions Promote Species Coexistence by Gómez-Llano, Miguel, Germain, Rachel M., Kyogoku, Daisuke, McPeek, Mark A., Siepielski, Adam M.

“…That species must differ ecologically is often viewed as a fundamental condition for their stable coexistence in biological communities. Yet, recent work has…”
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Cryptic dispersal networks shape biodiversity in an invaded landscape by Germain, Rachel M., Jones, Natalie T., Grainger, Tess Nahanni

“…Species interact with the physical world in complex ways, and life-history strategies could cause species to differ in how they experience the connectedness of…”
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Towards a multi‐trophic extension of metacommunity ecology by Guzman, Laura Melissa, Germain, Rachel M., Forbes, Coreen, Straus, Samantha, O'Connor, Mary I., Gravel, Dominique, Srivastava, Diane S., Thompson, Patrick L., Brose, Ulrich

“…Metacommunity theory provides an understanding of how spatial processes determine the structure and function of communities at local and regional scales…”
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Hidden responses to environmental variation: maternal effects reveal species niche dimensions by Germain, Rachel M, Gilbert, Benjamin, Suding, Katharine

“…Species responses to fluctuating environments structure population and community dynamics in variable ecosystems. Although offspring number is commonly used to…”
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On the Origin of Coexisting Species by Germain, Rachel M., Hart, Simon P., Turcotte, Martin M., Otto, Sarah P., Sakarchi, Jawad, Rolland, Jonathan, Usui, Takuji, Angert, Amy L., Schluter, Dolph, Bassar, Ronald D., Waters, Mia T., Henao-Diaz, Francisco, Siepielski, Adam M.

“…Speciation is frequently initiated but rarely completed, a phenomenon hypothesized to arise due to the failure of nascent lineages to persist. Although a…”
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Linking intrinsic scales of ecological processes to characteristic scales of biodiversity and functioning patterns by Zelnik, Yuval R., Barbier, Matthieu, Shanafelt, David W., Loreau, Michel, Germain, Rachel M.

“…Ecology is a science of scale, which guides our description of both ecological processes and patterns, but we lack a systematic understanding of how process…”
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Maternal provisioning is structured by species’ competitive neighborhoods by Germain, Rachel M., Grainger, Tess N., Jones, Natalie T., Gilbert, Benjamin

“…Differential maternal provisioning of offspring in response to environmental conditions has been argued as ‘the missing link’ in plant life histories. Although…”
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Animals connect plant species and resources in a meta-ecosystem by Mackay, Jenny, Nikiforuk, Kately, Szojka, Megan, Little, Chelsea J., Fleri, Jesse R., Germain, Rachel M.

“…Context Movement of individuals and resources among habitat patches are key processes at the landscape scale. While these subsidies are primarily studied…”
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Predators modify biogeographic constraints on species distributions in an insect metacommunity by Grainger, Tess Nahanni, Germain, Rachel M., Jones, Natalie T., Gilbert, Benjamin

“…Theory describing the positive effects of patch size and connectivity on diversity in fragmented systems has stimulated a large body of empirical work, yet…”
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The strength and direction of local (mal)adaptation depends on neighbour density and the environment by Germain, Rachel M., Urquhart‐Cronish, Mackenzie, Jones, Natalie T., Mayfield, Margaret M., Raymundo, Maia

“…Populations are embedded in communities, but despite their potential to affect individual fitness, it is unknown whether and how species interactions evolve in…”
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Macroecological constraints on species' ‘movement profiles’: Body mass does not explain it all by Straus, Samantha, Forbes, Coreen, Little, Chelsea J., Germain, Rachel M., Main, Danielle A., O'Connor, Mary I., Thompson, Patrick L., Ford, Adam T., Gravel, Dominique, Guzman, Laura Melissa

“…Abstract Aim Animals couple habitats by three types of movement: dispersal, migration, and foraging, which dynamically link populations, communities, and…”
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