LINCX: Linking Network structure and species CoeXistence.
SIMPLEX: Simple models that capture the complexity of multi-species coexistence
Explora ciencia projects CGL2014-61590-EXP and CGL2017-92436-EXP.
Researchers: Ignasi Bartomeus and Oscar Godoy
This two linked projects explore how we can add multitrophic complexity to species coexistence models.
Lincx put forward the fundational theoretical work (Godoy et al 2019), and tested the models with experimental (Bartomeus et al. 2021) and observational data (Lanuza et al 2019).
Papers:
- Godoy, O., Bartomeus, I., Rohr, R. P., & Saavedra, S. (2018). Towards the integration of niche and network theories. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33(4), 287-300.
- Lanuza, J. B., Bartomeus, I., & Godoy, O. (2018). Opposing effects of floral visitors and soil conditions on the determinants of competitive outcomes maintain species diversity in heterogeneous landscapes. Ecology Letters, 21(6), 865-874.
- Bartomeus, I., & Godoy, O. (2018). Biotic controls of plant coexistence. Journal of Ecology, 106(5), 1767-1772.
- Bartomeus, I., Saavedra, S., Rohr, R.P. and Godoy, O., 2021. Experimental evidence of the importance of multitrophic structure for species persistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(12).
- Busche, Bartomeus, Godoy. Higher Order Interactions. In Prep.
SIMPLEX tries to operationalyze those models (Martin et al 2021), make them useful (Garcia-Callejas et al 2020), and predictive (Civantos et al 2021).
Papers:
- García‐Callejas, D., Godoy, O., & Bartomeus, I. cxr: A toolbox for modelling species coexistence in R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In press.
R Package: https://github.com/RadicalCommEcol/cxr
- Civantos, I., García-Algarra, J., García-Callejas, D., Galeano, J., Godoy, O. and Bartomeus, I., 2021. Fine scale prediction of ecological community composition using a two-step sequential machine learning ensemble. bioRxiv.
- Garcia-Callejas, Hurtado, Godoy, Bartomeus. The multilayer structure of plant-pollinator-herbivore networks. In prep.
- Martyn, T.E., Stouffer, D.B., Godoy, O., Bartomeus, I., Pastore, A.I. and Mayfield, M.M., 2021. Identifying “Useful” Fitness Models: Balancing the Benefits of Added Complexity with Realistic Data Requirements in Models of Individual Plant Fitness. The American Naturalist, 197(4), pp.415-433.