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Competition for food affects the strength of reproductive interference and its ...
Cruz, Miguel A.; Godoy, Oscar; De mendonça fragata almeida, Inês; Sousa, Vitor C; Magalhães, Sara; Zélé, FloreCompetition for food and reproductive interference (negative interspecific sexual interactions) have been identified as major drivers of species exclusion. Still, how these biotic interactions jointly determine competitive dominance remains largely unknown. We tackle this by coupling population models and laboratory experiments with two sibling species of spider mites. Using experiments specifically designed to...
Interspecific interactions among parasites in multiple infections
Duncan, Alison B.; Godoy, Oscar; Michalakis, Yannis; Zélé, Flore; Magalhães, SaraIndividual hosts and populations frequently harbour multiple parasite species simultaneously. Despite their commonness, the consequences of interspecific interactions among parasites for determining infection outcomes are still poorly understood. We review and propose several expectations for multiple infections involving different species. We highlight that interspecific interactions affect the outcome of comp...
Specific sequence of arrival promotes coexistence via spatial niche pre‐emption...
De mendonça fragata almeida, Inês; Costa‐Pereira, Raul; Kozak, Mariya; Majer, Agnieszka; Godoy, Oscar; Magalhães, saraHistorical contingency, such as the order of species arrival, can modify competitive outcomes via niche modification or pre-emption. However, how these mechanisms ultimately modify stabilising niche and average fitness differences remains largely unknown. By experimentally assembling two congeneric spider mite species feeding on tomato plants during two generations, we show that order of arrival affects species...
Alien plant species: environmental risks in agricultural and agro-forest landsc...
Vicente, Joana R.; Vaz, Ana Sofia; Queiroz, Ana Isabel; Buchadas, Ana R.; Guisan, Antoine; Kueffer, Christoph; Marchante, Elizabete; Marchante, HéliaAlien plant species have been essential for farming and agro-forestry systems and for their supply of food, fiber, tannins, resins or wood from antiquity to the present. They also contributed to supporting functions and regulating services (water, soil, biodiversity) and to the design of landscapes with high cultural and scenic value. Some of those species were intentionally introduced, others arrived accidenta...