Combining food web and species distribution models for improved community projections

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 3; no. 13; pp. 4572 - 4583
• Main Authors: Pellissier, Loïc, Rohr, Rudolf P., Ndiribe, Charlotte, Pradervand, Jean‐Nicolas, Salamin, Nicolas, Guisan, Antoine, Wisz, Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2013; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Accounting; Accuracy; Biodiversity; Biotic interactions; Butterflies & moths; Climate change; Communities; Constraint modelling; Datasets; ecological niche modeling; Ecology; Environmental gradient; Flowers & plants; Food; Food chains; Food webs; Herbivores; Host plants; Larvae; Links; Original Research; Phylogeny; plant–herbivore interactions; Species; trophic network; Trophic relationships; Switzerland, Alps Mts; ecological niche modeling; plant–herbivore interactions; phylogeny; Biotic interactions; trophic network

The ability to model biodiversity patterns is of prime importance in this era of severe environmental crisis. Species assemblage along environmental gradients is subject to the interplay of biotic interactions in complement to abiotic filtering and stochastic forces. Accounting for complex biotic in...