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Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Dec 2023
Zou Heng-Xing, Rudolf Volker H W
Abstract excerpt
Priority effects play a key role in structuring natural communities, but considerable confusion remains about how they affect different ecological systems. Synthesizing previous studies, we show that this confusion arises because the mechanisms driving priority and the temporal scale at which they operate differ among studies, leading to divergent outcomes in species interactions and biodiversity patterns. We...
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