2 papers
q-bio.PE2019
The effects of ecological selection on species diversity and trait distribution: predictions and an empirical test
DeMalach Niv, Po-Ju Ke, Tadashi Fukami
Ecological selection is a major driver of community assembly. Selection is classified as stabilizing when species with intermediate trait values gain the highest reproductive succe…
q-bio.PE2018
Alternative states in plant communities driven by a life-history tradeoff and demographic stochasticity
Niv DeMalach, Nadav Shnerb, Tadashi Fukami
Life-history tradeoffs among species are major drivers of community assembly. Most studies investigate how tradeoffs promote deterministic coexistence of species. It remains unclea…